Objectives

  The Convention on the Rights of the Child (#1, below) along with the Optional Protocols on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (#2, below) and on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (#3, below) together make up what could be called an "international bill of rights for children."

1. Convention on the Rights of the Child
New York, 1989

2. Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
New York, 2000

3. Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
New York, 2000