Re: punishment inflicted to minor children,
It's the Death Penalty applied to minor children in some US states that's preventing the US from ratifying the convention, apparently.
This is on our news these days because Princess Mathilde is currently at Manhattan.
Imagine there's proof that children are sexually abused by some people who are not punished in a country that signed the convention.
What's their best interest? To be pointed by the rest of the world as children molester protectors?
Signing the convention is at least a first step.
Raoul