Key Benefits:
The National Assembly and the Senate adopted,
The President of the Republic enacts the following legislation:
The ratification of the optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, done in New York on 25 May 2000, and the text of which is annexed to this Act (2).
This law will be enforced as a law of the State.
Done in Paris, February 26, 2002.
Jacques Chirac
By the President of the Republic:
The Prime Minister,
Lionel Jospin
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Hubert Védrine
(1) Preparatory work: Act No. 2002-271.
Senate:
Bill No. 437 (2000-2001)
Report of Ms. Danielle Bidard-Reydet, on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee, No. 140 (2001-2002);
Discussion and adoption on 20 December 2001.
National Assembly:
Bill, passed by the Senate, No. 3513;
Report of Mr. Michel Fromet, on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee, No. 3564;
Discussion and adoption (Simplified Examination Procedure) February 19, 2002.
(2) Subsequently, the text will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.