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The United States is one of only two countries in the world that have not ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Somalia—a country without an internationally-recognized government—is the other. The Children's Rights Division has focused its efforts on U.S. practice in three areas that fall measurably short of standards included in the Convention on the Rights of the Child—conditions for children in the justice system, detention of children by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), and the use of children as soldiers.
The Rest of Their Lives
Life without Parole for Child Offenders in the United States
Violence
and Discrimination Against Gay Teens
in U.S. Schools
The Death Penalty and Juvenile Offenders
Trial and Sentencing Practices
Conditions of Confinement
Children Detained by the INS
Child Soldiers
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Easy Targets: Violence
Against Children Worldwide
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