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Convention on the Rights of the Child
- 01 - Child: meaning
- 02 - States Parties duties
- 03 - Child as primary consideration in measures
- 04 - Measures bound by available resources; international co-operation
- 05 - Respect for the responsibilities, rights and duties of parents
- 06 - Right to life; survival and development
- 07 - Registration after birth; name, nationality, parents
- 08 - Preservation of identity
- 09 - Separation from parents
- 10 - Family reunification
- 11 - Combat illicit transfer and non-return of children
- 12 - Express views freely; due weight given; child heard in judicial & administrative proceedings
- 13 - Freedom of expression; certain restrictions
- 14 - Freedom of thought..., rights and duties of parents, certain limitations
- 15 - Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- 16 - No arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy
- 17 - Access to information (... aimed at well-being)
- 18 - Both parents having common responsibilities
- 19 - Protecting the child from physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect,...
- 20 - Care for a child deprived of his or her family environment
- 21 - States Parties and the system of adoption
- 22 - Appropriate protection and humanitarian assistance for a child seeking refugee status
- 23 - Rights and special needs of a disabled child
- 24 - Right to health; measures by States Parties
- 25 - Periodic review of treatment provided to a placed child
- 26 - Right to benefit from social security
- 27 - Standard of living adequate for the child's development
- 28 - Right to education; compulsory and free primary education; secundary & higher education
- 29 - Education of the child: directions
- 30 - Children of indigenous origin
- 31 - Right of the child to rest and leisure; participation in cultural life
- 32 - Protection of the child from economic exploitation
- 33 - Protection of children from the illicit use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
- 34 - Protection of the child from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse
- 35 - Prevention of the abduction of, the sale of or traffic in children
- 36 - Protection of the child against all forms of exploitation
- 37 - Arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child; capital punishment
- 38 - Armed conflicts; rules applicable to children
- 39 - Physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of a child victim
- 40 - A child who has infringed the penal law
- 41 - Precedence of other law
- 42-45 - Part II - Committee on the Rights of the Child
- 46-54 - Part III - Further Institutional Provisions
Article 46
The present Convention shall be open for signature by all States.
Article 47
The present Convention is subject to ratification. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 48
The present Convention shall remain open for accession by any State. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Article 49
1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.
2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification or accession.
Article 50
1. Any State Party may propose an amendment and file it with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Secretary-General shall thereupon communicate the proposed amendment to States Parties, with a request that they indicate whether they favour a conference of States Parties for the purpose of considering and voting upon the proposals. In the event that, within four months from the date of such communication, at least one third of the States Parties favour such a conference, the Secretary-General shall convene the conference under the auspices of the United Nations. Any amendment adopted by a majority of States Parties present and voting at the conference shall be submitted to the General Assembly for approval.
2. An amendment adopted in accordance with paragraph 1 of the present article shall enter into force when it has been approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations and accepted by a two-thirds majority of States Parties.
3. When an amendment enters into force, it shall be binding on those States Parties which have accepted it, other States Parties still being bound by the provisions of the present Convention and any earlier amendments which they have accepted.
Article 51
1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall receive and circulate to all States the text of reservations made by States at the time of ratification or accession.
2. A reservation incompatible with the object and purpose of the present Convention shall not be permitted.
3. Reservations may be withdrawn at any time by notification to that effect addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall then inform all States. Such notification shall take effect on the date on which it is received by the Secretary-General
Article 52
A State Party may denounce the present Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Denunciation becomes effective one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General.
Article 53
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is designated as the depositary of the present Convention.
Article 54
The original of the present Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. In witness thereof the undersigned plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed the present Convention.
