Convention on the Rights of the Child

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United Nations treaty children's rights treaty human rights treaty international convention

The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a landmark United Nations human rights treaty that sets out the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of all children worldwide.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Convention on the Rights of the Child canonical	32
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child	3
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child	2
Convention on the Rights of the Child treaty system	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty ⓘ children's rights treaty ⓘ human rights treaty ⓘ international convention ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	1989-11-20 ⓘ
adoptionPlace	New York City ⓘ
articleCount	54 ⓘ
belongsToRegime	international human rights law ⓘ
defines	child as every human being below the age of 18 years unless majority is attained earlier under national law ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1990-09-02 ⓘ
establishedBody	Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
guaranteesRight	freedom of expression for children ⓘ freedom of thought, conscience and religion for children ⓘ protection from all forms of violence ⓘ protection from economic exploitation ⓘ protection from sexual exploitation and abuse ⓘ right to a name and nationality ⓘ right to education ⓘ right to the highest attainable standard of health ⓘ rights of children with disabilities ⓘ rights of refugee and asylum-seeking children ⓘ special protection for children in armed conflict ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
monitoringBody	Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
obliges	States Parties to respect and ensure rights to each child within their jurisdiction ⓘ States Parties to take legislative, administrative and other measures to implement the rights recognized ⓘ
openedForSignature	1989-11-20 ⓘ
organizationAssociatedWithImplementation	UNICEF ⓘ
preamblePresent	true ⓘ
principle	best interests of the child ⓘ non-discrimination ⓘ respect for the views of the child ⓘ right to life, survival and development ⓘ
relatedInstrument	Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure ⓘ Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict ⓘ Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography ⓘ
requires	periodic reports by States Parties to the Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
shortName	CRC ⓘ
subjectMatter	civil rights of children ⓘ cultural rights of children ⓘ economic rights of children ⓘ political rights of children ⓘ rights of the child ⓘ social rights of children ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

UNICEF → supportsConvention → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

United Nations system of international law → includesInstrument → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

United Nations treaty bodies → monitorsTreaty → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Office of the Children’s Commissioner (funding and sponsorship role historically in England) → alignedWith → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of the Children’s Commissioner (England)

this entity surface form: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

United Nations General Assembly treaties → hasExample → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

United Nations human rights system → includesInstrument → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Committee on the Rights of the Child → monitorsImplementationOf → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Committee on the Rights of the Child → establishedBy → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Committee on the Rights of the Child → legalBasis → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

United Nations debates on children and armed conflict → guidedBy → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography → partOf → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography → basedOn → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography → complements → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure → basedOn → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure → appliesTo → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

CRC → fullName → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict → partOf → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict → relatesTo → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

New Zealand law → hasInternationalObligation → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties → relatedTo → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

CRC Committee → monitorsImplementationOf → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

CRC Committee → establishedBy → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Association for Support of Children's Rights → follows → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child → partOf → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

subject surface form: Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child → basedOn → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

subject surface form: Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict → usesFramework → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

World's Children's Prize → focus → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Treaties of Belgium → hasPart → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Directorate for Children and Families → usesFramework → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Janusz Korczak → influenced → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

OPIC → relatesTo → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

OPIC → basedOn → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

OP3-CRC → parentTreaty → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

OPSC → partOf → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention on the Rights of the Child treaty system

OPSC → relatedTo → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

OPAC → relatesTo → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

OPAC → strengthens → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

ILO Convention No. 182 → relatedTo → Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child