The Commission on Human Rights,Bearing in mind the Convention on the Rights of the Child,Recalling its resolution 1997/78 of 18 April 1997, as well as all its previous resolutions on this subject,Recalling also the adoption of the Programme of...
The Commission on Human Rights,Bearing in mind the Convention on the Rights of the Child, emphasizing that its provisions and other relevant human rights instruments must constitute the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the...
Recalling its resolution 57/189 of 18 December 2002 and all relevant resolutions, including the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women, in particular those relevant to the girl child,Reaffirming the equal rights of women and men...
The General Assembly,Recalling the Convention on the Rights of the Child,Bearing in mind the conclusion by the International Court of Justice, in its advisory opinion of 9 July 2004,2 that the Convention on the Rights of the Child is applicable...
The General Assembly,Recalling its resolution 58/156 of 22 December 2003 and all relevant resolutions, including the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women, in particular those relevant to the girl child,Reaffirming the equal...
PreambleThe High Contracting Parties, Recalling that the humanitarian principles enshrined in Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, constitute the foundation of respect for the human person in cases of armed conflict...
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol 1)PreambleThe High Contracting Parties, Proclaiming their earnest wish to see peace prevail among...
[17 October 2007] - More and more States worldwide are reforming their laws to prohibit all corporal punishment of children, including in their homes. A new report by the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children analyses the...
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol 1)PreambleThe High Contracting Parties, Proclaiming their earnest wish to see peace prevail among...
The General Assembly,Reaffirming the Declaration and the Plan of Action contained in the final document of the special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for children”, 1 and recognizing that their...
