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The Month of the Child

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English: parties to the convention

English: parties to the convention (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is a treaty which sets out the rights of children. The Convention defines a child as anyone under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is reached earlier in a nation’s laws. The Convention was adopted on November 20, 1989, (the 30th anniversary of its Declaration of Rights of the Child). Presently, 194 countries are signatories to the Convention.

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