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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