The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the body of 18 Independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by its State parties. It also monitors implementation of two Optional Protocols to the Convention, on involvement of children in armed conflict and on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. On 19 December 2011, the UN General Assembly approved a third Optional Protocol on a communications procedure, which will allow individual children to submit complaints regarding specific violations of their rights under the Convention and its first two optional protocols. The Protocol entered into force in April 2014.

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Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

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See the map on ratifications (PDF) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, or its three Optional Protocols: on the involvement of children in armed conflict; on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; and on a communications procedure

HTMLCountry4 Upcoming Events CRC Online limited 85th session due to the exceptional circumstances of COVID-19, 14 September to 1 October 2020 (State party reviews postponed) Call for comments: Draft General Comment on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment 18th Meeting of States parties – Elections 2020 Day of General Discussion: "Children’s Rights and Alternative Care" 18 September 2020, Postponed	HTMLCountry5 Recent Events and Developments Information for children: Committee on the Rights of the Child OPSC Guidelines 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Children Deprived of Liberty – The United Nations Global Study OPSC OPAC 20th Anniversary Statement CRC COVID-19 Statement Revised “Joint general recommendation No. 31 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women/general comment No. 18 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2019) on harmful practices” Framework of Cooperation between the Office of the SRSG on Sexual Violence in Conflict and the Committee on the Rights of the Child Joint Statement by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women and the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child General comment No. 24 on children’s rights in the child justice system Five UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies Demand Global Climate Action CRC input to the 2019 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Guidelines on interim measures Informe de la investigación del Comité de los Derechos del Niño relacionada en Chile, relativo a un procedimiento de comunicaciones Day of General Discussion: "Protecting and Empowering Children as Human Rights Defenders" , 28 September 2018 - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Room XVII, Palais des Nations, Geneva CMW and CRC adopt joint general comments on the human rights of children in the context of international migration CMW/C/GC/3-CRC/C/GC/22 CMW/C/GC/4-CRC/C/GC/23 General comment No. 21 (2017) on children in street situations General comment No. 20 (2016) on the implementation of the rights of the child during adolescence
HTMLCountry6 Latest News Committee on the rights of the child opens online limited eighty-fifth session 14 September 2020 UN Committee welcomes Argentina’s suspension of deportation of a mother of three 31 August 2020 UN Committee welcomes Spain’s decision to allow Moroccan child to attend public school 28 May 2020 ‘States must include LGBT community in COVID-19 response’: The how and why from a UN expert 14 May 2020 UN Committee welcomes Danish asylum for Syrian mother of six 8 April 2020	HTMLCountry7 Ratifications and Reporting Status of ratification by treaty and by country Declarations and reservations World Maps on Ratifications Reporting status by country