A/HRC/WG.7/2/2 provisions of the Convention widely known, by appropriate and active means, to adults and children alike”. The importance of making such information accessible to children by childfriendly language was also stressed during the first session of the Working Group. Article 17 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities should be referred to in this regard as well: “The text of the present Protocol shall be made available in accessible formats.” Article 17 Signature, ratification and accession 39. Article 17 uses agreed language derived from article 8 of the Optional Protocol providing communications procedures to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 15 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and article 1 of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Article 18 Entry into force 40. Article 18 uses agreed wording from article 9 of the Optional Protocol providing communications procedures to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 16 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, article 18 of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and article 13 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Article 19 Reservations 41. Article 19 follows article 17 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in not permitting reservations to the Protocol. The Chairperson-Rapporteur wishes to underline the optional nature of the Optional Protocol, as well as the fact that its objective is not to create any new substantive rights; those are stipulated in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the two existing substantive Optional Protocols to it. Article 20 Amendments 42. This is a standard provision used with various changes of wording in article 11 of the Optional Protocol providing communications procedures to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 18 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, article 19 of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and article 15 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Article 20 is derived from the agreed wording in the more recent Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 20 GE.10-15781

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