Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)

The CRC consists of 54 articles that set out children's rights and how governments should work together to make them available to all children. It was adopted and opened for signature, ratification and agreement by resolution no 44/25 of the General Assembly (GA) of the United Nations (UN) on the 20th November 1989

Status of signatures

Benin

Signed: Yes
Date Signed: 29/11/1999
Ratified: Yes
Date of Ratification: 30/05/1997
Domestication: No

Burkina Faso

Signed: Yes
Ratified: Yes
Date of Ratification: 31/08/1990
Domestication: No

Egypt

Signed: Yes
Date Signed: 02/05/1990
Ratified: Yes
Date of Ratification: 07/06/1990
Domestication: No

Ethiopia

Signed: No
Ratified: Yes
Date of Ratification: 13/06/1991
Domestication: No

Kenya

Signed: Yes
Ratified: Yes
Domestication: No

Lesotho

Signed: Yes
Date Signed: 16/01/1992
Ratified: No
Domestication: No

Mozambique

Signed: Yes
Ratified: Yes
Domestication: No

Namibia

Signed: Yes
Date Signed: 09/02/1992
Ratified: Yes
Date of Ratification: 09/06/1992
Domestication: No

Signed: Yes
Date Signed: 09/02/1992
Ratified: Yes
Date of Ratification: 09/06/1992
Domestication: Yes

Nigeria

Signed: Yes
Date Signed: 26/01/1990
Ratified: Yes
Date of Ratification: 19/04/1991
Domestication: Yes

Further information

Last update

24/05/2023, 16:54