Children's Rights / General Comments
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Learn about the General Comments by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
General comments provide an authoritative interpretation on thematic issues contained in the articles and provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, based on their experience in analyzing and reviewing State parties reports. Since 2001, the General comments provide a significant contribution to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and guidance to States parties in fulfilling their reporting obligations.
- 2011
The right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence - 2009
The right of the child to be heard - 2009
Indigenous children and their rights under the Convention - 2007
Children's rights in Juvenile Justice - 2006
The rights of children with disabilities - 2006
The right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment - 2005 /Rev.1
Implementing child rights in early childhood - 2005
Treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin - 2003
General measures of implementation for the Convention on the Rights of the Child - 2003
Adolescent Health - 2003
HIV/AIDS and the rights of the child - 2002
The role of independent human rights institutions - 2001
The aims of education
