Convention on the Rights of the Child

Background Information

Official documents available on-line

Reference documents:
  Human Rights Logo Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

  Human Rights Logo Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (CRC-OP-AC)

  Human Rights Logo Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (CRC-OP-SC)

Maple Leaf Third and Fourth Reports of Canada on the Convention on the Rights of the Child - submitted to the UN on November 20, 2009 (HTML Version | PDF Version)

Maple Leaf Second Report of Canada on the Convention on the Rights of the Child - submitted to the UN on April 26, 2001

Maple Leaf

Review of the Second Report of Canada on the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child - September 17, 2003

Human Rights Logo Concluding Observations of the UN Committee


Maple Leaf First Report of Canada on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography - submitted to the UN on February 3, 2009 (HTML Version | PDF Version)

Maple Leaf First Report of Canada on Optional Protocol on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict Submitted to the UN on September 16, 2004 (HTML Version | PDF Version)

Maple Leaf Review of the First Report of Canada on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.  June 9, 2006

Human Rights Logo Concluding Observations of the UN Committee

Official documents available in published form

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