Committee on the Rights of the Child

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UN human rights treaty body United Nations treaty body human rights monitoring body

The Committee on the Rights of the Child is a body of independent experts that monitors and guides implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and its optional protocols by States parties worldwide.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UN human rights treaty body ⓘ United Nations treaty body ⓘ human rights monitoring body ⓘ
affiliatedWith	United Nations ⓘ
composedOf	independent experts ⓘ
establishedBy	Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
establishedInYear	1991 ⓘ
fullName	Committee on the Rights of the Child self-link ⓘ
hasFunction	adopt general comments on provisions of the Convention ⓘ conduct inquiries into grave or systematic violations of children's rights ⓘ consider individual communications under the communications procedure ⓘ cooperate with United Nations agencies and other stakeholders ⓘ engage in dialogue with States parties ⓘ examine reports submitted by States parties ⓘ issue concluding observations to States parties ⓘ provide guidance on interpretation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
hasMemberType	independent expert ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Switzerland ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Geneva ⓘ
holdsSessionIn	Geneva ⓘ
languageOfWork	United Nations official languages ⓘ
legalBasis	Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ Optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
membersElectedBy	States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
membershipCriteria	independence and high moral standing ⓘ recognized competence in the field of human rights ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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
primaryFocus	children's rights ⓘ implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
reportsTo	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
sessionFrequency	three times a year ⓘ
shortName	CRC Committee ⓘ
subjectArea	civil rights of children ⓘ education, leisure and cultural activities ⓘ family environment and alternative care ⓘ health and welfare of children ⓘ special protection measures for children ⓘ
website	https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/crc ⓘ
worksWith	States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ UNICEF ⓘ surface form: United Nations Children’s Fund non-governmental organizations ⓘ specialized agencies of the United Nations ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Convention on the Rights of the Child → establishedBody → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

CRC → establishesBody → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Committee on the Rights of the Child → fullName → Committee on the Rights of the Child self-link ⓘ

United Nations treaty bodies → includes → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

CRC → monitoredBy → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

United Nations human rights system → monitoredBy → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Convention on the Rights of the Child → monitoringBody → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure → monitoringBody → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict → monitoringBody → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography → monitoringBody → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ