Convention on the Rights of the Child
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| Article Preamble |
Preamble
The State Parties to the present Convention, CONSIDERING that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of…
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| Article 1 |
Definition of a child
For the purposes of the present Convention, a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child,…
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| Article 2 |
Non-discrimination
1. State Parties shall respect and ensure the rights set forth in the present Convention to each child within their jurisdiction without discrimination of any…
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| Article 3 |
Best interests of the child
1. In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or…
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| Article 4 |
Obligations of state parties
State Parties shall undertake all appropriate legislative, administrative, and other measures for the implementation of the rights recognized in the present…
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| Article 5 |
Parental responsibilities
State Parties shall respect the responsibilities, rights and duties of parents or, where applicable, the members of the extended family or community as provided…
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| Article 6 |
Life, survival and development
1. State Parties recognize that every child has the inherent right to life. 2. State Parties shall ensure to the maximum extent possible the survival and…
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| Article 7 |
Name, nationality and parental care
1. The child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and. as far as…
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| Article 8 |
Identity
1. State Parties undertake to respect the right of the child to preserve his or her identity, including nationality, name and family relations as recognized…
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| Article 9 |
Separation from parents
1. State Parties shall ensure that a child shall not be separated from his or her parents against their will, except when competent authorities subject to…
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| Article 10 |
Family reunification
1. In accordance with the obligation of State Parties under article 9, paragraph 1, applications by a child or his or her parents to enter or leave a State…
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| Article 11 |
Illicit transfer and non-return of children abroad
1. State Parties shall take measures to combat the illicit transfer and non-return of children abroad. 2. To this end, State Parties shall promote the…
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| Article 12 |
Judicial and administrative proceedings
1. State Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the…
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| Article 13 |
Freedom of expression
1. The child shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds,…
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| Article 14 |
Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
1. State Parties shall respect the right of the child to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. 2. State Parties shall respect the rights and duties of…
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| Article 15 |
Freedom of association, freedom of assembly
1. State Parties recognize the rights of the child to freedom of association and to freedom of peaceful assembly. 2. No restrictions may be placed on the…
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| Article 16 |
Protection of privacy
1. No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his…
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| Article 17 |
Access to information
State Parties recognize the important function performed by the mass media and shall ensure that the child has access to information and material from a…
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| Article 18 |
Childcare services
1. State Parties shall use their best efforts to ensure recognition of the principle that both parents have common responsibilities for the upbringing and…
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| Article 19 |
Protection from violence, injury or abuse
1. State Parties shall take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or…
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| Article 20 |
Alternative child care
1. A child temporarily or permanently deprived of his or her family environment, or in whose own best interests cannot be allowed to remain in that environment,…
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| Article 21 |
Adoption
State Parties that recognize and/or permit the system of adoption shall ensure that the best interests of the child shall be the paramount consideration and…
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| Article 22 |
Refugee children
1. State Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure that a child who is seeking refugee status or who is considered a refugee in accordance with…
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| Article 23 |
Children with disabilities
1. State Parties recognize that a mentally or physically disabled child should enjoy a full and decent life, in conditions which ensure dignity, promote…
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| Article 24 |
Health and health services
1. State Parties recognize the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and to facilities for the treatment of illness…
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| Article 25 |
Review of child placement
State Parties recognize the right of a child who has been placed by the competent authorities for the purposes of care, protection or treatment of his or her…
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| Article 26 |
Social security
1. State Parties shall recognize for every child the right to benefit from social security, including social insurance, and shall take the necessary measures to…
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| Article 27 |
Adequate living standards
1. State Parties recognize the right of every child to a standard of living adequate for the child's physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social…
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| Article 28 |
Equal access to education
1. State Parties recognize the right of the child to education, and with a view to achieving this right progressively and on the basis of equal opportunity,…
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| Article 29 |
Purpose of education
1. State Parties agree that the education of the child shall be directed to: (a) The development of the child's personality, talents and mental and physical…
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| Article 30 |
Ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities
In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities or persons of indigenous origin exist, a child belonging to such a minority or who is…
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| Article 31 |
Leisure, recreation and cultural activities
1. State Parties recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and…
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| Article 32 |
Child labour
1. State Parties recognize the right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to…
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| Article 33 |
Drug abuse
State Parties shall take all appropriate measures, including legislative, administrative, social and educational measures, to protect children from the…
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| Article 34 |
Sexual exploitation
State Parties undertake to protect the child from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse. For these purposes, State Parties shall in particular…
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| Article 35 |
Sale, trafficking and abduction
State Parties shall take all appropriate national, bilateral and multilateral measures to prevent the abduction of, the sale of or traffic in children for any…
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| Article 36 |
Other forms of exploitation
State Parties shall protect the child against all other forms of exploitation prejudicial to any aspects of the child's welfare.
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| Article 37 |
Protection against torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment, arbitrary arrest or detention
State Parties shall ensure that: (a) No child shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Neither capital…
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| Article 38 |
Armed conflicts
1. State Parties undertake to respect and to ensure respect for rules of international humanitarian law applicable to them in armed conflicts which are relevant…
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| Article 39 |
Recovery and reintegration
State Parties shall take all appropriate measures to promote physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of a child victim of: any form of…
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| Article 40 |
Administration of juvenile justice
1. State Parties recognize the right of every child alleged as, accused of, or recognized as having infringed the penal law to be treated in a manner consistent…
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| Article 41 |
Minimum guarantees
Nothing in the present Convention shall affect any provisions which are more conducive to the realization of the rights of the child and which may be…
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| Article 42 |
Awareness
State Parties undertake to make the principles and provisions of the Convention widely known, by appropriate and active means, to adults and children alike.
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| Article 43 |
Committee on the Rights of the Child
1. For the purpose of examining the progress made by State Parties in achieving the realization of the obligations undertaken in the present Convention, there…
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| Article 44 |
State reporting procedure
1. State Parties undertake to submit to the Committee, through the Secretary-General of the United Nations, reports on the measures they have adopted which give…
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| Article 45 |
International cooperation
In order to foster the effective implementation of the Convention and to encourage international cooperation in the field covered by the Convention: (a) The…
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| Article 46 |
Signature
The present Convention shall be open for signature by all States.
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| Article 47 |
Ratification
The present Convention is subject to ratification. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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| Article 48 |
Accession
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…
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| Article 49 |
Entry into force
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…
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| Article 50 |
Amendment
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…
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| Article 51 |
Reservations
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…
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| Article 52 |
Denunciation
A State Party may denounce the present Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Denunciation becomes effective one…
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| Article 53 |
Depositary
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is designated as the depositary of the present Convention.
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| Article 54 |
Languages
The original of the present Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited…
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| Article -Treaty |
Treaty - CRC
Convention on the Rights of the Child
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