Rights of the child 2016, para. 1

Paragraph
Paragraph text
Reaffirming the importance of its resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989, by which it adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which constitutes the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, reaffirming also that States parties to the Convention shall undertake all appropriate legislative, administrative and other measures for the implementation of the rights recognized therein, while bearing in mind the importance of the Optional Protocols to the Convention and calling for their universal ratification and effective implementation, as well as that of other human rights instruments,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • Children
Year
2016
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Rights of the child (2016), A/RES/71/177, PP 1.
Paragraph info
PP
Paragraph number
1