Monitoring No nation can meet the standards of the CRC overnight. Instead, the drafters integrated a process for measuring progress to insure that the implementation of the CRC was not left in the realm of wishful thinking. All parties ratifying the CRC are responsible for making the principles and provisions known to adults and children alike. Reports are required within the first two years of ratification and every subsequent five years. The Committee consists of 10 experts with recognized competence in this field nominated and elected by the governments that have ratified the treaty.
Members serve four-year terms.
The Committee meets to review national reports and may request more information on issues and recommend special investigations where warranted. Those citizens opposed to internationalism believe that ratifying the CRC would lead to ceding U.S. Constitutional authority to the United Nations. There is no legal basis for this concern because the U.S. Constitution is recognized as the supreme law of the country. Those objecting to the comprehensive nature of the document disagree on a number of issues, including limitations on child labor, interpretation of the child s freedom of association, and corporal punishment. There are, however, three controversial issues in current American society where broad organized, political opposition has been mobilized.