GLOSSARY
Dissemination of CRC
CRC Article = 42
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States Parties are required to make the provisions and principles of the CRC widely known to adults and children. In order to foster, monitor and enforce the effective implementation by States of the CRC, it is important that adults and children be aware of the rights accorded to the child. The content of human rights treaties is usually not widely known. Human rights bodies have therefore continually stressed the need for States to publicize such treaties and to translate them into the various national languages.
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Dissemination of reports
Dissemination of reports
CRC Article = 44(6)
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States Parties are required to make their reports for the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the measures they have adopted which give effect to the rights set forth in the CRC and on the progress made on the enjoyment of those rights widely available to the public in their own countries. In order to foster, monitor and enforce the effective implementation by States of the CRC, it is important that adults and children are aware of how States report to the Committee on the situation in their respective countries.
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Dissemination of CRC Reporting obligations
Diversions
CRC Article = 40(3)(b)
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States Parties are required to promote the establishment of a juvenile justice system, including measures for dealing with accused or convicted children without resorting to judicial proceedings, providing that human rights and legal safeguards are fully respected.
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Administration of Juvenile Justice Juvenile justice Minimum age for criminal responsibility
Domestic implementation
CRC Article = 4
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States Parties are required to take all appropriate legislative, administrative, and other measures for the implementation of the rights set forth in the CRC. With regard to the economic, social and cultural rights set forth in the CRC, States Parties are required to take such measures to the maximum extent of their available resources and, where needed, within the framework of international co-operation.
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Applicability Civil and political rights Developing countries Economic, social and cultural rights Indicators International co-operation Obligation of States Reporting obligations Saving clause
Drittwirkung
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The possibility that the rights guaranteed under the CRC are enforceable in relations between individuals as well as between individuals and state authorities, otherwise known as horizontal or inter-individual application.
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Applicability
Drop-out rates
CRC Article = 28(1)(e)
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For the implementation of the right of the child to education, States Parties are required to take measures to encourage the reduction of drop-out rates.
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Education School attendance
Drug abuse
CRC Article = 33
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The right of the child to protection against drug abuse is dealt with in Article 33 of the CRC. States Parties are required to take all appropriate measures to protect children from the illicit use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances as defined in the relevant international treaties. These treaties include the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961) and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances (1971).
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Drug production Drug trafficking