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The
following links will take you directly to the actual
text of these international conventions and treaties
concerning child rights. These documents are listed
in chronological order for the reader's convenience.
YAP International does not claim this to be a full and
complete list of all agreements in existence; however,
this does represent the majority of child protection
conventions in modern history..
Geneva
Declaration of the Rights of the Child—September 1924
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/childrights.html
Slavery
Convention—1927
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/f2sc.htm
Forced
Labor Convention (ILO No. 29)—1930
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/31.htm
Universal
Declaration on Human Rights—December 1948
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
Convention
for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of
the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others—1949
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/33.htm
Convention
Relating to the Status of Refugees—1951
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/o_c_ref.htm
Protocol
Amending the Slavery Convention—1953
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/f2psc.htm
Supplementary
Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade,
and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery—1957
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/f3scas.htm
United
Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child—1959
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/k1drc.htm
Convention
on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, and
Registration of Marriage—1964
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/63.htm
United
Nations Declaration on the Promotion Among Youth of
the Ideals of Peace, Mutual Respect, and Understanding
Between People—1965
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/65.htm
Protocol
Relating to the Convention Relating to the Status of
Refugees—1966
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/o_p_ref.htm
United
Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights—December 1966
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_ccpr.htm
United
Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights—1966
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_cescr.htm
United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded
Persons—1971
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/m_mental.htm
Minimum
Age Convention (ILO No. 138)—1973
http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/convdisp1.htm
United
Nations Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children
in Emergency and Armed Conflict—1974
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/24.htm
United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons—1975
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/72.htm
United
Nations Declaration on the Protection of All Persons
from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment—1975
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/h_comp38.htm
Optional
Protocol to the UN International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights—1976
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_opt.htm
American
Convention on Human Rights—1978
http://heiwww.unige.ch/humanrts/oasinstr/zoas3con.htm
Hague
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child
Abduction—1980
http://hcch.e-vision.nl/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=24
United
Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment—1984
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/h_cat39.htm
United
Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration
of Juvenile Justice ("The Beijing Rules")—1985
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/j3unsmr.htm
United
Nations Declaration on Social and Legal Principles Relating
to the Protection and Welfare of Children, with Specific
Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally
and Internationally—1986
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/27.htm
Second
Optional Protocol to the UN International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights, Aiming at the Abolition
of the Death Penalty—1989
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_opt2.htm
United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child—September
1990
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc/treaties/crc.htm
United
Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived
of their Liberty —1990 http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/j1unrjdl.htm
United
Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency
(The Riyadh Guidelines)—1990
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/j2ungpjd.htm
African
Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child—1990
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/afchild.htm
Hague
Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation
in Respect of Intercountry Adoptions—1993
http://hcch.e-vision.nl/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=69
Hague
Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition,
Enforcement and Cooperation in Respect of Parental Responsibility
and Measures for the Protection of Children—1996
http://hcch.e-vision.nl/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=70
Convention
Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for
the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (ILO
No. 182)—November 2000
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/ilo182.html
Maternity
Protection Convention (ILO No. 183)—2000
http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/convdisp1.htm
Protocol
to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,
Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United
Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime—2001
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/trafficking.html
Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts—February
2002
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc/treaties/opac.htm
Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child
Pornography—January 2002
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc/treaties/opsc.htm
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For
further information and research on international child
protection conventions, visit:
The
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library at http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/treaties
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The
University of Iowa Center for Human Rights at http://www.uichr.org.
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Last updated 12/14/2004
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