2009 is the 20th anniversary of Universal Children's Day.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the world. Today 193 states have ratified the CRC. In fact, only two countries in the world — Somalia and the United States — have not yet given the CRC legal force, although both have signed it. Learn more at: http://www.hrea.org/index.php?doc_id=919