POLS 3212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: List Of International Labour Organization Conventions, Rome Statute Of The International Criminal Court, Child Prostitution
13 Dec 2018
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The us has not ratified crc, but has ratified its two optional protocols. Key characteristics : (consider discussing this in a short answer) Children"s dependence on others makes them uniquely vulnerable. They suffer from both primary violations (as victims themselves) of rights and. Secondary violation (victimized by extension through violation of a parent, for example) The best interests of children should prevail in all actions concerning them (crc, Children have agency (can exert power in their own lives) They are entitled to participate in decisions that affect their rights (crc, article 12) Convention on the rights of the child (opened for signature in 1989; came into force in. Crc optional protocol #1 on the involvement of children in armed conflict (2000; came into force in 2002) Raises the age under which children cannot be recruited from 15 (in the rome. Significant debate over recruitment of 17 year olds in isa and other countries without a compulsory draft.
