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UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

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.

All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially two years after acceding to the Convention and then every five years. The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of “concluding observations”.  Website: www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRC/Pages/CRCIndex.aspx
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General comment No. 20 (2016) on the implementation of the rights of the child during adolescence

6 December 2016 | Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

General comment No. 14 (2013) on the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration (art. 3, para. 1)

29 May 2013 | Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

General comment No. 15 (2013) on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (art. 24)

17 April 2013 | Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

General comment No. 16 (2013) on State obligations regarding the impact of the business sector on children's rights

17 April 2013 | Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

General comment No. 17 (2013) on the right of the child to rest, leisure, play, recreational activities, cultural life and the arts (art. 31)

17 April 2013 | Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

General comment No. 13 (2011): The right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence

18 April 2011 | Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

General comment No. 12 (2009): The right of the child to be heard

20 July 2009 | Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

General comment No. 11 (2009): Indigenous children and their rights under the Convention [on the Rights of the Child]

12 February 2009 | Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

General comment No. 10 (2007): Children's Rights in Juvenile Justice

25 April 2007 | Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

General comment No. 8 (2006): The Right of the Child to Protection from Corporal Punishment and Other Cruel or Degrading Forms of Punishment (Arts. 19; 28, Para. 2; and 37, inter alia)

2 March 2007 | Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

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