OPAC

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OPAC is an international human rights treaty that strengthens the Convention on the Rights of the Child by prohibiting the compulsory recruitment and direct participation of children under 18 in armed conflict.

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OPAC canonical 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations treaty ⓘ
international human rights treaty ⓘ
optional protocol ⓘ
acronym OPAC ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate 2000-05-25 ⓘ
aimsTo ensure special protection for children affected by armed conflict ⓘ
prevent the use of children as soldiers ⓘ
protect children from armed conflict ⓘ
article1Provides States Parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure that members of their armed forces who have not attained the age of 18 years do not take a direct part in hostilities ⓘ
article2Provides States Parties shall ensure that persons who have not attained the age of 18 years are not compulsorily recruited into their armed forces ⓘ
article3Provides States Parties shall raise the minimum age for voluntary recruitment into their national armed forces from that set out in Article 38, paragraph 3, of the Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
article4Provides Armed groups that are distinct from the armed forces of a State should not, under any circumstances, recruit or use in hostilities persons under the age of 18 years ⓘ
contains Article 1 ⓘ
Article 2 ⓘ
Article 3 ⓘ
Article 4 ⓘ
Article 5 ⓘ
Article 6 ⓘ
Article 7 ⓘ
depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 2002-02-12 ⓘ
field international human rights law ⓘ
international humanitarian law ⓘ
fullName Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus binding on states parties ⓘ
monitoredBy Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
openedForSignature 2000-05-25 ⓘ
prohibits compulsory recruitment of persons under 18 into armed forces ⓘ
direct participation of persons under 18 in hostilities ⓘ
recruitment of children under 18 by non-state armed groups ⓘ
relatedInstrument Geneva Conventions ⓘ
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court ⓘ
relatesTo Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
requires states to criminalize recruitment and use of children under 18 by armed groups distinct from the armed forces of a state ⓘ
states to raise the minimum age for voluntary recruitment above 15 ⓘ
states to take all feasible measures to ensure that members of their armed forces under 18 do not take a direct part in hostilities ⓘ
submission of periodic reports by states parties to the Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
scope international ⓘ
shortName Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict ⓘ
strengthens Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
subjectMatter child soldiers ⓘ
children in armed conflict ⓘ
participation of children in hostilities ⓘ
recruitment of children into armed forces ⓘ

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