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Convention on the Rights of the Child

Background Information

Official documents available on-line

Reference documents:
		Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
		Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (CRC-OP-AC)
		Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (CRC-OP-SC)
		UN General Guidelines Regarding the Form and Content of Reports on the CRC
Canada's First Report. Submitted to the UN on June 17, 1994
		Canada's First Report.
Review of Canada's First Report by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. May 24 and 26, 1995
		Concluding Observations of the UN Committee
Canada's Second Report. Submitted to the UN on April 26, 2001
		Canada's Second Report.
Review of Canada's Second Report by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. September 17, 2003
		General information Canadian documents: Speech Canada's response to Committee's questions Press Release (September 16, 2003) Press Release (September 17, 2003)
		Documents from the UN Committee: Summary Records: Part 1 French only Part 2 English only Concluding Observations   [HTML]|[PDF]
Other reports
		Canada’s First Report on the Optional Protocol on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, (September 16, 2004). [HTML | PDF]
		Canada’s Response to UN Questionaire on Violence against Children (September 16, 2004). [HTML | PDF]

For additional information on the rights of children, visit the special theme page.

Official documents available in published form

Copies of Canada's previous reports may be ordered free of charge in published form from:

Human Rights Program
Box 25-11-S
25 Eddy Street, 11th floor
Gatineau, Québec
K1A 0M5

E-mail: rights-droits@pch.gc.ca