The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a human rights treaty establishing the rights of children. It was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 20 November 1989 and it came into force on 2 September 1990. It has been ratified by 195 countries to date. A number of provisions of the Convention are especially relevant to children's care, in particular, Articles 9, 10, 19, 20, 21, among others.
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Read also:
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
Optional Protocol to the CRC on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
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