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• Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

  Optional Protocol supplements the Convention by providing States with detailed requirements to end the sexual exploitation and abuse of children. It also protects children from being sold for non-sexual purposes—such as other forms of forced labour, illegal adoption and organ donation.

• The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

  The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights—civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights.

• United Nations Convention against Corruption

  The purposes of this Convention are: to promote and strengthen measures to prevent and combat corruption more efficiently and effectively; to promote facilitate and support international cooperation and technical assistance in the prevention of and fight against corruption, including in asset recovery; to promote integrity, accountability and proper management of public affairs and public property.

• Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

  This Convention aims to combat drug abuse by coordinated international action. There are two forms of intervention and control that work together. First, it seeks to limit the possession, use, trade in, distribution, import, export, manufacture and production of drugs exclusively to medical and scientific purposes. Second, it combats drug trafficking through international cooperation to deter and discourage drug traffickers.