CRC Committee

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The CRC Committee is the United Nations body of independent experts that monitors and guides implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by its State parties.

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CRC Committee canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations treaty body
human rights treaty body
monitoring body
adoptionDateOfFoundingTreaty 1989-11-20
adopts general comments
canConsider individual communications under the Optional Protocol on a communications procedure
canUndertake inquiries into grave or systematic violations under the Optional Protocol on a communications procedure
cooperatesWith UNICEF
surface form: United Nations Children’s Fund

other United Nations human rights treaty bodies
special procedures of the Human Rights Council
engagesWith children and child-led organizations
national human rights institutions
non-governmental organizations
establishedBy Convention on the Rights of the Child
establishedByBody United Nations General Assembly
fullName Committee on the Rights of the Child
hasNumberOfMembers 18
issues concluding observations
locatedIn Geneva
Switzerland
meetingFrequency three times per year
meetsAt Palais des Nations
membersAre independent experts
membersServeIn personal capacity
monitorsImplementationOf Convention on the Rights of the Child
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
officialLanguage Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
parentOrganization Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
partOf United Nations treaty bodies
surface form: United Nations human rights treaty body system
primaryFunction monitor implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by States parties
receives periodic reports from States parties
reportsTo United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Human Rights Council
shortName CRC Committee self-link
subjectMatter children’s rights
implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child at national level
treatyEnteredIntoForce 1990-09-02
website https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/crc

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CRC Committee shortName CRC Committee self-link