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UN CONVENTION & COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD + COMMITTEE GENERAL COMMENTS - GIRLS

 

 

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CRC.aspx

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Committee on the Rights of the Child - Monitoring Children's Rights

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The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by its State parties. It also monitors implementation of two optional protocols to the Convention, on involvement of children in armed conflict and on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

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http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/comments.htm

 

UN COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD - GENERAL COMMENTS

The Committee on the Rights of the Child publishes its interpretation of the content of human rights provisions, in the form of General Comments on thematic issues.

The Committee on the Rights of the Child has issued general comments on the following subjects:

No.	Subject	Languages		Date
		Word format	PDF format
17	The right of the child to rest, leisure, play, recreational activities, cultural life and the arts	E | S | A	S | A
16	On State obligations regarding the impact of the business sector on children’s rights	E | R | S	E | R
15	The right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (Article. 24)	E | R | S | A	R | S | A	2013
14	The right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration (art. 3, para. 1)	E | R | S | C | A	E | R | S | C | A	2013
13	The right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence	E | F | R | S | C | A	E | F | R | S | C | A	2011
12	The right of the child to be heard	E | S | A	A | F	2009
11	Indigenous children and their rights under the Convention	E | F | R | S | C | A	E | F | S | R | C | A	2009
10	Children’s rights in Juvenile Justice	E | F | S	E | F | R | S | C | A	2007
9	The rights of children with disabilities	E | F | S	E | S	2006
8	The right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment	E | F | S	E | F | S	2006
7/Rev.1	Implementing child rights in early childhood	E | F | S	E | F | S	2005
6	Treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin	E | F | S	E | F | S	2005
5	General measures of implementation for the Convention on the Rights of the Child	E | F | S	E | F | S	2003
4	Adolescent Health	E | F | S	E | F | S	2003
3	HIV/AIDS and the rights of the child	E | F | S	E | F | S	2003
2	The role of independent human rights institutions	E | F | S	E | F | S	2002
1	The aims of education	E | F | S	E | F | S	2001

The general comments of all human rights treaty bodies are compiled in the document