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  2. Children's rights - Wikipedia

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    Children's rights or the rights of children are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors. [1] The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) defines a child as "any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier."

  3. U.S. ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

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    The United States has signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC); however, it remains the only United Nations member state to have not ratified it after Somalia ratified it in 2015. [1] The UNCRC aims to protect and promote the rights of all children around the world.

  4. Convention on the Rights of the Child - Wikipedia

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    In 1993, UNICEF began its activity in Azerbaijan. In 2005, Azerbaijan and UNICEF signed a five-year country program. The country program for 2005-2009 was implemented in child protection, children's health and nutrition, children's education and youth health, and their development and participation.

  5. Declaration of the Rights of the Child - Wikipedia

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    Children's day 1928 in Bulgaria. The text on the poster is the Geneva Declaration. In front are Prime Minister Andrey Lyapchev and Metropolitan Stefan of Sofia.. The Declaration of the Rights of the Child, sometimes known as the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child, is an international document promoting child rights, drafted by Eglantyne Jebb and adopted by the League of Nations in ...

  6. List of international and European laws on child protection ...

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    Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 15 February 2011 – An EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child COM(2011) 60 final aims at strengthening the promotion and protection of the rights of the child by implementing the principles ...

  7. Opinion: Is protecting children from labor exploitation a ...

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    It is estimated that 1 in 10 children worldwide are in child labor today, representing an increase of millions. Of those, a shocking 12 million children are exploited in conditions so extreme that ...

  8. Child protection - Wikipedia

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    Under Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, a 'child protection system' provides for the protection of children in and out of the home.One of the ways this can be enabled is through the provision of quality education, the fourth of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in addition to other child protection systems.

  9. Parental Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Parental Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution is a proposed change to the United States Constitution.The amendment's advocates say that it will allow parents' rights to direct the upbringing of their children, protected from federal interference, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.