may opt-out from the inquiry procedure, at the time of signature or ratification or accession'. The third possibility for monitoring the implementation of the convention is inquiries that the Committee on the Rights of the Child can carry out on their own initiative if they have reliable information that leads them to believe that a member state has violated the convention's rights. Individuals can appeal to the Committee on the Rights of the Child if they believe that rights, according to the convention, have been violated.

Their reports and the committee's written views and concerns are available on the committee's website. Their governments are required to report to and appear before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child periodically to be examined on their progress regarding the advancement of the implementation of the convention and the status of child rights in their country. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, composed of 18 independent experts, is responsible for supervising the implementation of the convention by the states that have ratified it. When a state has signed the treaty but not ratified it, it is not yet bound by the treaty's provisions but is already obliged to not act contrary to its purpose. Nations that have ratified this convention or have acceded to it are bound by international law. The convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under national legislation. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (commonly abbreviated as the CRC or UNCRC) is an international human rights treaty which sets out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children.

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