OPAC

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United Nations treaty international human rights treaty optional protocol

OPAC is an international human rights treaty that strengthens the Convention on the Rights of the Child by prohibiting the compulsory recruitment and direct participation of children under 18 in armed conflict.

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Label	Occurrences
OPAC canonical	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty ⓘ international human rights treaty ⓘ optional protocol ⓘ
acronym	OPAC ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	2000-05-25 ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure special protection for children affected by armed conflict ⓘ prevent the use of children as soldiers ⓘ protect children from armed conflict ⓘ
article1Provides	States Parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure that members of their armed forces who have not attained the age of 18 years do not take a direct part in hostilities ⓘ
article2Provides	States Parties shall ensure that persons who have not attained the age of 18 years are not compulsorily recruited into their armed forces ⓘ
article3Provides	States Parties shall raise the minimum age for voluntary recruitment into their national armed forces from that set out in Article 38, paragraph 3, of the Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
article4Provides	Armed groups that are distinct from the armed forces of a State should not, under any circumstances, recruit or use in hostilities persons under the age of 18 years ⓘ
contains	Article 1 ⓘ Article 2 ⓘ Article 3 ⓘ Article 4 ⓘ Article 5 ⓘ Article 6 ⓘ Article 7 ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	2002-02-12 ⓘ
field	international human rights law ⓘ international humanitarian law ⓘ
fullName	Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	binding on states parties ⓘ
monitoredBy	Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
openedForSignature	2000-05-25 ⓘ
prohibits	compulsory recruitment of persons under 18 into armed forces ⓘ direct participation of persons under 18 in hostilities ⓘ recruitment of children under 18 by non-state armed groups ⓘ
relatedInstrument	Geneva Conventions ⓘ Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
relatesTo	Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
requires	states to criminalize recruitment and use of children under 18 by armed groups distinct from the armed forces of a state ⓘ states to raise the minimum age for voluntary recruitment above 15 ⓘ states to take all feasible measures to ensure that members of their armed forces under 18 do not take a direct part in hostilities ⓘ submission of periodic reports by states parties to the Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
scope	international ⓘ
shortName	Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict ⓘ surface form: Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict
strengthens	Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
subjectMatter	child soldiers ⓘ children in armed conflict ⓘ participation of children in hostilities ⓘ recruitment of children into armed forces ⓘ

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