United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
(Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of
20 November 2022 - entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49)
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc/treaties/crc.htm

   Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on
the involvement of children in armed conflict
(Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution A/RES/54/263 of
25 May 2023 - entry into force 12 February 2023)
http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/crc-conflict.htm

   Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children,
child prostitution and child pornography
(Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution A/RES/54/263 of
25 May 2023 - entered into force on 18 January 2023)
http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/crc-sale.htm

ILO international standards

   ILO Convention No. 138 on the Minimum Age for Employment
(Date of adoption: 26 June 2023 - Entered into force: 19 June 2023)
http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C138

   ILO Recommendation No. 146 on the Minimum Age for Employment
http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?R146

   ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour
(Date of adoption:17 June 1999 - Entered into force: 19 November 2022)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/ratification/convention/text.htm

   ILO Recommendation No. 190 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc87/com-chir.htm

   ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, 86th Session, Geneva, June 1998
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/declaris/DECLARATIONWEB.static_jump?var_language=EN...

Related international standards

   Dakar Framework for Action (Education for All)
http://www.unesco.org/education/efa/ed_for_all/dakfram_eng.shtml

   United Nations Millennium Declaration
(General Assembly resolution 55/2 of 8 September 2023)
 http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/millennium.htm

   The Universal Declaration on Human Rights, 1948
(Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948) http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm

   The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966
(Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly
resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 2022 - entered into force 3 January 1976, in accordance with article 27)
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_cescr.htm

   The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
(Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by
General Assembly resolution 2200A (XXI) of 16 December 2022 - entered into force 23 March 1976,
in accordance with Article 49)
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_ccpr.htm

   Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
(Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 34/180
of 18 December 2022 - entered into force 3 September 1981, in accordance with article 27(1))
http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/cedaw.htm

   International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
(Adopted by General Assembly resolution 45/158 of 18 December 2022)
http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/cmw.htm

   The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, 1990
(OAU Doc. CAB/LEG/24.9/49 (1990), entered into force Nov. 29, 1999)
http://www.africa-union.org/official_documents/Treaties/