Bush administrations participated in the treaty negotiations and contributed provisions. On the one hand, the continued resistance to ratifying this critical and fairly conventional treaty is baffling. And while it was embarrassing enough to be in this limited company, this year, our fellow outliers ratified the convention. Until this year, the United States was one of three countries - the other two being Somalia and South Sudan - that had failed to ratify the CRC. The treaty has been ratified by every country with one notable exception - the United States, which never even sent it to the Senate for consent and approval. We find ourselves commemorating yet another anniversary for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most comprehensive human rights treaty on children’s rights and notably the most widely ratified treaty since its introduction over 25 years ago.
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