Sentence examples for the optional protocol are from inspiring English sources

Complainants must have exhausted all domestic remedies, and anonymous complaints and complaints referring to events which occurred before the country concerned joined the Optional Protocol are not permitted.

Article 11 requires parties to ensure that those complaining under the Optional Protocol are not subjected to ill-treatment or intimidation.

The Optional Protocol is a subsidiary agreement to the Convention.

The Optional Protocol was finally adopted by the UN General Assembly on 6 October 1999.

The Optional Protocol was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 2008.

The Optional Protocol is a vital tool for ending these attacks on child rights.

"The entry into force of the Optional Protocol is vital to the protection of children in today's conflicts".

Bellamy said ratifying the Optional Protocol "is a crucial first step to ending the recruitment of children for armed combat and their use as soldiers.

Protecting children in armed conflict The Optional Protocol is an effort to strengthen implementation of the Convention and increase the protection of children during armed conflicts.

The Optional Protocol is an international instrument that raises the age of recruitment to armed forces from 15 to 18 years of age and emphasizes that the reintegration and rehabilitation of children under the age of 18 formerly attached to fighting forces is the responsibility of the State.

"The Optional Protocol is an important tool for tearing through the mantle of invisibility surrounding the sale of children, child prostitution, child pornography and other forms of sexual exploitation, to mobilise societies and to translate political commitment into effective protection of children from all forms of violence," said Ms. Pais.