Committee on the Rights of the Child
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Abbreviation | CRC |
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Formation | 1991 |
Type | United Nations Committee |
Legal status | Active |
Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
Head | Chair Ann Marie Skelton |
Website | www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/crc |
The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a body of experts that monitor and report on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.[1][2]
The committee also monitors the convention's three optional protocols: the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure.[3]
History and organization
The CRC is one of the ten UN
The 196 states that have ratified the convention ("States party to the Convention") (which includes all
Individual complaints may be considered only under certain conditions by the committee, as is the case with other committees established by international human rights treaties.
In November 2014, for the first time, the committee joined with the
Members
The current members of the Committee on the Rights of the Child are listed on the Web site of the Office of the UN Commissioner for Human Rights.[12] Information on former CRC members is linked from the same Web page. The current president of the committee is Luis Pedernera, a children's rights expert from Uruguay.[13] As of 2022, the committee chair is international human rights lawyer Mikiko Otani.[14]
Periodic Report on the Holy See
In February 2014 the committee, after interviewing two top officials of the
Days of General Discussion
Each year, the committee on the Rights of the Child holds an international Day of General Discussion, bringing together experts and civil society members to discuss important children's rights issues with the committee. In 2021, the Day of General Discussion focuses on alternatives to institutional care for children. In particular, it aims to, “Create meaningful engagement for children and young people who have experience of the child protection system and/or of living in alternative care of any type so they can voice their opinions on what constitutes quality care and advocate for legislative and systemic changes.”[19]
See also
- Child Helpline International
- The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), combats child sexual exploitation, child pornography, and child abduction
References
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- ^ Child Rights Information Network (2008). Convention on the Rights of the Child Archived 3 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
- ^ "Resolution on the Rights of the Child, 21 November 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ "Complaints about human rights violations—Treaty Bodies". Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ Gedhun Choekyi Nyima: the XIth Panchen Lama of Tibet Archived 24 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine website of TCHRD
- ^ "UN human rights experts set out countries' obligations to tackle harmful practices such as FGM and forced marriage". United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ "Membership". OHCHR.
- ^ "ACNUDH | Myanmar: UN report calls for urgent action to end human rights catastrophe". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Committee on the Rights of the Child opens its ninetieth session, hears from the High Commissioner for Human Rights". Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ Committee on the Rights of the Child: Concluding observations on the second periodic report of the Holy See, 31 January 2014 Archived 8 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine draft published on the Washington Post Web site
- ^ Faiola, Anthony; Boorstein, Michelle (5 February 2014). "U.N. panel blasts Vatican handling of clergy sex abuse, church teachings on gays, abortion". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ Katherine Gallagher, a senior staff attorney at the US-based Centre for Constitutional Rights was among those who welcomed the committee's findings on sex abuse within the Catholic Church
- ^ Davies, Lizzy; McDonald, Henry (5 February 2014). "Vatican envoy rejects UN panel's critical verdict on clerical abuse scandal". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "OHCHR | Day of General Discussion: Children's rights and alternative care". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved 27 September 2021.