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Children's Rights in the Netherlands

The Convention on the Rights of the Child sets out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children. 193 out of 195 nations in the United Nations have ratified the Convention.

In 2007, the Netherlands published its third report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the same year, the Netherlands published the initial report on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

Committee on the Rights of the Child

The United Nations General Assembly agreed to adopt the Convention into international law in 1989. It came into force in September 1990, after it was ratified by the required number of nations. The Convention is monitored by the United Nations' Committee on the Rights of the Child which is composed of members from countries around the world. It also monitors implementation of two optional protocols to the Convention, on involvement of children in armed conflict and on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

All nations that have ratified the Convention are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially two years after acceding to the Convention and then every five years.

The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the nations in the form of ‘concluding observations’. The Committee reviews additional reports which must be submitted by countries that have acceded to the two Optional Protocols to the Convention.

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Laatst gewijzigd: 9 februari 2009