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United Nations: Convention on the Rights of the Child*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2017

Cynthia Price Cohen
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International Legal Materials , Volume 28 , Issue 6 , November 1989 , pp. 1448 - 1476
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1989

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[Reproduced from the U.N. General Assembly Document A/RES/44/25 of December 5, 1989. General Assembly Resolution 44/25 was adopted without vote on November 20, 1989. The Convention is annexed to the resolution.

[The Introductory Note was prepared for International Legal Materials by Cynthia Price Cohen, Human Rights Internet Represen-tative to the United Nations.]

References

1 U.N. Doc. A/44/736 (1989).

2 For early history of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, see: C. P. Cohen, “The Human Rights of Children,” 12 Capital University Law Review (1983).

3 14 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 16), U.N. Doc. A/4059 (1959).

4 See: U.N. Doc. A/34/424 (1976).

5 U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/1988/28 (1988) and U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/1989/WG.1/WP.1 (1988).

6 U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/1988/28 at Annex (1988). For text of technical review see: U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/1989/WG.1/CRP.1 (1988).

7 For background of NGO participation in the drafting of the Convention on the Rights of the Child see: C.P. Cohen, “Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Drafting of the Convention on the Rights of the Child,” Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 1 (in press).

8 Supra note 1 at article 24(3).

9 Id. at articles 34, 35 and 36.

10 Id. £g. at articles 17(d), 29(d) and 30.

11 Id. at article 28(2).

12 Id. at article 39.

13 Supra note 2.

14 U.N. ESCOR Supp. (No. 16), U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/1349 (1979).

15 Supra note 1 at articles 37 and 40.

16 See eg, id.: at articles 5, 9, 10, 11, 18, 19, 20, and 21.

17 Id. at article 16.

18 See eg., id- at articles 2, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 25, 37 and 40.

19 Id. at preambular paragraph 9.

20 Id. at article 14.

21 Id. at articles 20 and 21. Also see: infra note 22.

22 U.N. Doc. E/CN.4/1989/48 (1989).

23 See: C. P. Cohen, “Inadequacy of Criminal Justice Rights in the Convention: Article 19,” in C.P. Cohen, Ed., United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Independent Commentary (1988). Also see: supra notes 5 and 22.

24 Supra, note 1 at article 8. For background see: S. Cerda, “Draft Convention on the Rights of the Child: New Rights,” Human Rights Quarterly. Vol. 12, No. 1 (in press).

25 Supra note 1 at article 44.

26 Compare: Supra note 22 and supra note 1 at article 43. Also see: R. Clark and F. Gaer, “The Committee on the Rights of the Child: Who Pays?” in C. P. Cohen, Ed., United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Independent Commentary (1988).

27 Supra note 1 at article 45 (l)(a) and (b).

28 Id.

29 ee: C.P. Cohen, “The Convention on the Rights of the Child: Non-Governmental Organizations and Implementation,” Paper presented at UNICEF and the Draft Convention on the Rights of the Child (Conference), UNICEF Headquarters, New York, NY, November 25-27, 1985.

30 Supra note 1 at art. 50.

1/ See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1989, Supplement No.2 (E/1989/20) chap. II, sect. A.

2/ Resolution 1386 (XIV).

3/ Resolution 217 A (III).

4/ See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

5/ See League of Nations, Official Journal, Special Supplement No. 21, October 1924, p. 43.

6/ Resolution 1386 (XIV), third preambular paragraph.

7/ Resolution 41/85, annex.

8/ Resolution 40/33, annex.

9/ Resolution 3318 (XXIX).