Royal Decree 41/2004 on the Accession of the Sultanate to the Two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman

after perusal of the Basic Statute of the State issued by Royal Decree 101/96,

the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict,

and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography,

and in pursuance of public interest,

have decreed as follows

Article I

The accession of the Sultanate to the mentioned protocols is hereby approved.

Article II

Competent entities shall undertake the procedures for accession to the two protocols in accordance with their provisions, subject to the reservations of the Sultanate to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Article III

This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the date of its issuance.

Issued on: 15 Safar 1425
Corresponding to: 5 April 2004

Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman

Published in Official Gazette 765 issued on 17 April 2004.