CYC 602 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cyc, Refugee Children, Child Prostitution

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Child and Youth Care
• Course: CYC 602
• Professor: Tina K roll

Document Summary

Those that accept and agree are considered state parties . State party becomes party to the treaty through ratification. Once a state party you accept the obligations within the treaty. Treaty is an international law and it is the national legislation that decides if it should be ratified. Right of the child to be heard. A child is defined as all persons under the age of 18. Right to live with family and be reunited if displaced. Un convention on the rights of the child (some) Optional protocol to the convention on the rights of the child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. Participation in hostilities: state parties must take all feasible measures to ensure that members of their armed forces that are under the age of eighteen do not take direct part in hostilities. Conscription: state parties must not conscript any person under the age of eighteen.