CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989, para. undefined
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For the purposes of the present Convention, a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier.
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Children
Year
1989
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), Article 1.