The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989

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UN Convention Rights of the Child 1989

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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international convention setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children. It is monitored by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
The Convention is an application of fundamental texts to the Child's rights. There are 192 signatory States. Somalia and the United Stated have refused. It is the most ratified of all the United Nations Human Rights treaties. It came into force in September 1990.

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[...] Conclusion The Convention and its facultative protocols try to guarantee the respect of the Human Rights and especially for children but, like other international instruments, they can only exercise a power of persuasion. The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a positive tool for promoting child welfare for those countries that have adopted it. Nevertheless, it has an important influence on States (which fall back of a good will and faith) in the entire world. Even if it is not a binding instrument, it is already a good beginning. We hope that the next step will be an International law more powerful like European law and including restrictive measures. [...]

[...] Its full name is the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and it came into force on 12 February 2002. It was signed by 93 countries and ratified by 15. The protocol stipulates that its State Parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure that persons below the age of 18 do not take a direct part in hostilities and that they are not compulsorily recruited into their armed forces. [...]

[...] The Convention obliges states to allow parents to exercise their parental responsibilities. The Convention also acknowledges that children have the right to express their opinions and to have those opinions heard and acted upon when appropriate, to be protected from abuse or exploitation, to have their privacy protected and requires that their lives not be subject to excessive interference. Children must be protected from abuse or exploitation, to have their privacy protected and requires that their lives not be subject to excessive interference. [...]

[...] It is monitored by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. The Convention is an application of fundamental texts to the Child's rights. There are 192 signatory States. Somalia and the United Stated have refused. It is the most ratified of all the United Nations Human Rights treaties. It came into force in September 1990. Preamble: It enounces fundamental principles of Human Rights, with dignity and value. Human Rights for all human beings (it refers to the Declaration of Philadelphia). [...]

[...] The child has the right of adoption and can have the frostering revision. He can enjoy of a social security, must have a decent life and an education. The Convention makes clear that justice, rights and a more favourable protection must be guaranteed to the Child. For example, The Convention also obliges signatory states to provide separate legal representation for a child in any judicial dispute concerning their care and asks that the child's viewpoint be heard in such cases. The Convention forbids capital punishment for children (Art. 37). [...]