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Convention
on the Date
of Issue (November 20,
1999)
On November 20, 1989 the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the UN General Assembly and it entered into force in 1990 after being ratified by 20 countries. The Convention spells out the range of rights that children everywhere are entitled to. Countries that ratify the convention agree to be legally bound by its provision. The Convention on the Rights of the Child contains 54 articles, each of which details a different type of Right. Four broad categories of the document are survival rights, development rights, protection rights and participation rights. |
