Optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Target entity: Optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Context triple: [Committee on the Rights of the Child, legalBasis, Optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child]

• A. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
  The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure is an international human rights treaty that allows children or their representatives to bring individual complaints about violations of their rights under the Convention and its other Optional Protocols before a UN committee.
• B. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
  The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict is an international human rights treaty that strengthens protections for children by raising the minimum age for compulsory recruitment and direct participation in hostilities and prohibiting their use in armed conflict.
• C. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
  The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography is an international human rights treaty that strengthens protections for children by requiring states to criminalize and prevent these specific forms of exploitation and to support child victims.
• D. Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties
  Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties are supplementary international agreements that enhance, expand, or provide enforcement and complaint mechanisms for the main UN human rights conventions.
• E. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a human rights treaty that establishes complaint and inquiry mechanisms allowing individuals and groups to seek international review of alleged violations of their economic, social, and cultural rights.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Target entity description: The Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child are additional international human rights treaties that strengthen and expand protections for children, notably in areas such as involvement in armed conflict, sale of children, child prostitution and pornography, and individual communications to the UN.

• A. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
  The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure is an international human rights treaty that allows children or their representatives to bring individual complaints about violations of their rights under the Convention and its other Optional Protocols before a UN committee.
• B. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
  The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict is an international human rights treaty that strengthens protections for children by raising the minimum age for compulsory recruitment and direct participation in hostilities and prohibiting their use in armed conflict.
• C. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
  The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography is an international human rights treaty that strengthens protections for children by requiring states to criminalize and prevent these specific forms of exploitation and to support child victims.
• D. Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties
  Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties are supplementary international agreements that enhance, expand, or provide enforcement and complaint mechanisms for the main UN human rights conventions.
• E. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a human rights treaty that establishes complaint and inquiry mechanisms allowing individuals and groups to seek international review of alleged violations of their economic, social, and cultural rights.
• F. None of above. chosen