The Convention on the Rights of the Child has 3 protocols that complement it. These protocols are instruments that reinforce the standards and obligations contained in the Convention's articles and provide greater protection and special support to children and adolescents.
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution, and child pornography.
Approved on May 25, 2000, by the United Nations General Assembly, through Resolution A/RES/54/263. It complements Articles 34 and 35 of the Convention by requiring States to fulfill a series of requirements to end the sexual exploitation and abuse of children. It also protects children from being sold for non-sexual purposes, such as other forms of forced labor, illegal adoptions, or organ donation. It also obliges governments to criminalize and punish activities related to these offenses. - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict.
Approved on May 25, 2000, by the United Nations General Assembly, through Resolution A/RES/54/263. It establishes 18 years as the minimum age for compulsory recruitment and requires States to make every effort to ensure that individuals under 18 do not directly participate in hostilities. This protocol aims to ensure the physical and psychosocial rehabilitation and social reintegration of child victims of armed conflicts. - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure.
Approved on December 19, 2011, by the United Nations General Assembly, through Resolution A/RES/66/138. It allows children to submit individual complaints to the Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding specific violations of their rights, under the Convention and its two other Optional Protocols, if they have not been able to obtain the necessary legal responses to these violations in their home countries. This protocol places children's rights on the same level as those of adults, as they can appeal to an International Law instrument before the United Nations to protect themselves from situations of vulnerability.
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