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UNCRC, United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
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2018 Day of General Discussion Follow-up Technical Meeting: Protection and empowerment of children as human rights defenders
On 14th June 2019, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee), the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and Child Rights Connect organized a technical meeting to fol
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UNCRC Day of General Discussion 2018: Protecting and empowering children as human rights defenders
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely ratified international human rights instrument, with 196 States parties. During its 76th session, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the body of independent experts responsible for review
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UNCRC General Comment No. 19 (2016) on public budgeting for the realization of children’s rights (art. 4)
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child General Comment No. 19 on Public Budgeting for the Realization of Children’s Rights is the first UN document to provide detailed guidance to states on their legal obligation to invest in children. Since its adoption
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Letter of support from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: 'A world without violence'
A statement of support from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to the side event 'A world without violence against children' http://resourcecentre.savethechildren.se/start/child-protection-post-2015, held in the framework of the 8th session
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General Comment No. 16 (2013) on State obligations regarding the impact of business on children’s rights
Adopted by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in February 2013, General Comment No. 16 addresses the state obligations regarding the impact of businesses on children’s rights. It is one of the most recent pieces of international law available on
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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)
The present general comment seeks to ensure the application of and respect for the best interests of the child by the States parties to the Convention. It defines the requirements for due consideration, especially in judicial and administrative decisions
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General Comment No. 12 (2009) The right of the child to be heard
Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child provides: “1. States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the chil
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General Comment No. 8 (2006): The Right of the Child to Protection from Corporal Punishment and Other Cruel or Degrading Forms of Punishment
This General Comment, from the Committee on the Rights of the Child, focuses on corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment, which are currently widely accepted and practiced forms of violence against children. The Committee is is
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General Comment No. 5: General measures of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
When a State ratifies the Convention on the Rights of the Child, it becomes obligated under international law to implement it. The Committee on the Rights of the Child has drafted this general comment to outline States parties’ obligations to develop and
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United Nations CRC/GC/2005/6: Treatment of Unaccompanied and Separated Children Outside their Country of Origin
This General Comment is from the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child's thirty-ninth session, 17 May-3 June 2005 and relates to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The objectives are to draw attention to the particularly vulnerable s