Print EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON THE EXERCISE OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
European Treaty Series - No. 160
Strasbourg, 25.I.1996
Into force from July 2000
Chart of signatures and ratifications
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Chapter I - Scope and object of the Convention and definitions
Article 1 - Scope and object of the Convention
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2. The object of the present Convention is, in the best interests of children, to promote their rights, to grant them procedural rights and to facilitate the exercise of these rights by ensuring that children are, themselves or through other persons or bodies, informed and allowed to participate in proceedings affecting them before a judicial authority.
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