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The CRC, incorporates the full range of human rights — civil, cultural, economic, political, and social — into one text that promotes and protects the well-being of the world’s children and their families. Read more
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Ratification & Implementation
- will help us to focus our energies and resources where our children need them the most,
- will give added help to children in exercising their rights in the United States & other countries
- will protect US parents’ rights to raise their children,
- will provide a way to assess comprehensively the law and policy on children’s rights and well-being in the US,
- will help Americans to have a much more effective voice in discussions with other governments and in international organizations to improve parents’ and children’s rights and well-being.
- will restore US leadership in human rights and improving conditions for children everywhere.
- will be in accordance with Federal and State Constitutions and statutes.
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