Every UN member state except the United States has ratified the children’s rights convention.

Evidence

The 1989 Convention — the most-widely-ratified UN human-rights treaty in history (all UN member states except the United States have ratified). Article 19 — prohibiting “all forms of physical or mental violence” against children — is the specific operational provision the contemporary Christian children’s-rights advocacy engages. — , The Rod and the Child, 11924

Categorization

  • XREF: Connects to the recurring America-as-holdout theme in other human-rights treaty discussions (e.g., CEDAW, the ICC).
  • QUESTION: Worth checking why the US alone has not ratified and what domestic politics underpin that.