WHERE WE WORK

The NGO Group works with independent NGOs in any country that has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child and/or its Optional Protocols. 

The following map shows the countries that have received technical assistance from the NGO Group either in preparing an alternative report, forming a national coalition and/or following-up the concluding observations.

To see the reports prepared by NGOs from the countries highlighted below, please go to the Alternative Reports section.

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
193 countries ratified, 140 countries signed

Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OPAC)
146 countries ratified, 129 countries signed

Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (OPSC)
154 countries ratified, 119 countries signed