WHY
Contents- Introduction
- Ensuring compliance with article 4 CRC through legal incorporation
- General benefits of the legal incorporation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Promotion of justiciability of rights and effective remedies
- Making children’s rights visible at the national level
- Revisiting reservations and declarations and promoting additional ratifications
- Why should States undertake children’s rights legislative reform?
Introduction
This section outlines some of the key reasons WHY States Parties should engage in children’s rights legislative reform. The primary reason for States Parties to engage with legislative reform is that it is a legal obligation under article 4 of the CRC. In addition, there are general and more specific benefits for States Parties, which relate to the justiciability of children’s rights, the visibility of children’s rights at the national level and States Parties broader engagement with international human rights law as a vehicle to promote children’s rights in a comprehensive manner. This section starts with a reflection on States Parties’ obligations under article 4 CRC.