The Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 November 1989 and entered into force in September 1990. It was the first legally binding international treaty to set out the full range of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children, defined as people under eighteen. It rests on four principles: non-discrimination, the best interests of the child, the right to life, survival and development, and respect for the views of the child. Two optional protocols adopted in 2000 deal with children in armed conflict and with the sale of children and child exploitation. It is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history, and the United States is the only UN member that has signed it but not ratified.
Before and after
- 6 November 1989Founding of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- 9 November 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- from 17 November 1989 to 29 December 1989Velvet Revolution
- 17 November 1989Release of The Little Mermaid
- 20 November 1989Convention on the Rights of the Child
- 13 December 1989Birth of Taylor Swift
- from 15 December 1989 to 27 December 1989Romanian Revolution (1989)
- 17 December 1989Premiere of The Simpsons
- from 20 December 1989 to 31 January 1990United States invasion of Panama
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The era
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