In spite of the fact that the subject of the rights of children has been brought up and approved by countries through various international documents since the end of the Second World War, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), the Declaration on the Rights of the Child (1959), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966), the International Labour Organization Convention No. 138 regarding Minimum Employment Age (1973), the United Nations Regulations Regarding the Minimum Standards Required for the Application of Justice Regarding Children (Beijing, 1985), and other documents, the most manifest and serious efforts of the international community for the materialization of the rights of children became apparent with the approval of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, and its ratification by almost the unanimous majority of countries of the world.
Depuis la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les pays ont adopté une série d'instruments internationaux ayant des incidences sur les droits de l'enfant, dont la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme (1948), la Déclaration des droits de l'enfant (1959), le Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, le Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels (1966), la Convention no 138 de l'Organisation internationale du Travail concernant l'âge minimum d'admission à l'emploi (1973) et l'Ensemble de règles minima des Nations Unies concernant l'administration de la justice pour mineurs (Règles de Beijing, 1985).