International human rights standards are essential to protect the safety and security of children, which are why these rights are protected under international human rights conventions to which Canada is a party. Note that a third optional protocol, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, which Canada has not ratified, sets out an international complaints procedure for child rights violationsĬhildren in Canada also enjoy the rights protected in the six other principle human rights treaties that Canada has ratified.Read more about Canada's efforts to end the sexual exploitation of children. The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography requires states to criminalize these activities, making prosecution of offenders easier, and instituting measures for the protection of child victims.Learn more about Canada's efforts to end the use of girls and boys in hostilities. The Optional Protocol on the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict prohibits the compulsory recruitment and the direct participation in hostilities by the forces of a State of persons under the age of 18.The Convention on the Rights of the Child defines a child as a “human being below the age of 18, unless national laws recognize an earlier age of majority”.Ĭanada ratified the Convention in 1991 and is also a party to two of the three optional protocols : Both the United Nations Human Rights Council and the General Assembly of the United Nations have adopted resolutions on the rights of the child. Children's rights have earned increased attention across the UN spectrum.
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