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Child rights

Handbook for the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, 2009

The Handbook aims to promote understanding of this CRC Optional Protocol. It describes the genesis, scope and content of the Protocol, and provides examples of measures taken by States Parties to fulfil their obligations under this instrument. Read

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Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography and the Jurisprudence of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, 2009

The paper highlights the definition and criminalisation of the offence; jurisdiction, extradition, prevention, protection of victims and their rehabilitation; and the importance of international cooperation in the fight against these crimes. Read

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Implementation Handbook for the Convention on the Rights of the Child - Third Edition, 2007

The revised third edition of the Handbook provides a detailed reference for the implementation of law, policy and practice to promote and protect the rights of children as articulated by the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Read

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Laying the Foundations for Children's Rights, 2005

This Innocenti Insight publication is an independent study of some key legal and institutional aspects of the impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Read

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Building a World Fit for Children, 2003

Building a World Fit for Children reports on the landmark 2002 United Nations Special Session on Children. This was the first Special Session of the General Assembly devoted exclusively to children and the first to include them as official delegates. Read

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Human rights for children and women: How UNICEF helps make them a reality, 1999

This report examines how the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women can be used as blueprints for a human development agenda that secures the rights of all. Read

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