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International Legal Standards

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Child Labor

Slavery Convention

Protocol amending the Slavery Convention

Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery

ILO Convention 138, Minimum Age

International Labour Organization Convention 182 Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour

Recommendation 190 Converning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

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Child Soldiers

The Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts

The ILO Convention 182 concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims f International Armed Conflicts

Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict

Relevant Treaties and Resolutions from the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Webpage

Children in Armed Conflict and Displacement: The Convention, Treaties and International Agreements (CRIN Webpage)

Juvenile Justice

UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (Beijing Rules)

UN Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty

UN Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (Riyadh Guidelines)

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

Orphans and Abandoned Children

United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty

Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illnesses and the Improvement of Mental Health Care

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

Refugees

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons

Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

Street Children

UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (Beijing Rules)

UN Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Plight of street children, G.A. res. 47/126

Corporal Punishment

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty

United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines)

United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (The Beijing Rules)

Regional Standards

African [Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

American Convention on Human Rights

European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

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