Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
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The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure is an international human rights treaty that allows children or their representatives to bring individual complaints about violations of their rights under the Convention and its other Optional Protocols before a UN committee.
Aliases (1)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Nations treaty
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international human rights treaty → optional protocol → |
| adoptedBy |
United Nations General Assembly
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| adoptionDate |
2011-12-19
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| allowsComplaintsBy |
children
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groups of children → representatives of children → |
| appliesTo |
Convention on the Rights of the Child
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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 → |
| articleFocus |
admissibility criteria for communications
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follow-up to views of the Committee → friendly settlement of communications → interim measures → |
| basedOn |
Convention on the Rights of the Child
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| belongsToCategory |
UN human rights treaty body procedures
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| conditionForComplaints |
State must be party to the Protocol
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alleged violation must concern a treaty to which the State is party → |
| entryIntoForce |
2014-04-14
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| establishesProcedureFor |
individual communications
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inquiry procedure → inter-State communications → |
| language |
Arabic
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Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish → |
| legalStatus |
in force
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| monitoringBody |
Committee on the Rights of the Child
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| openedForSignature |
2012-02-28
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| partOf |
international human rights law
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| placeOfAdoption |
New York City
NERFINISHED
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United States → |
| purpose |
to provide a communications procedure for violations of children’s rights
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to strengthen enforcement of the Convention on the Rights of the Child → |
| relatedField |
child rights protection mechanisms
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| relatesTo |
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
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Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography → |
| requires |
exhaustion of domestic remedies
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| requiresActionBy |
States parties
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| shortName |
OP3-CRC
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OPIC → |
| subjectMatter |
individual communications procedure
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international complaints mechanism → rights of the child → |
| treatyOf |
United Nations
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| typeOfMechanism |
treaty-based complaints mechanism
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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CRC
("Optional Protocol on a communications procedure")
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hasOptionalProtocol |
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Committee on the Rights of the Child
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monitorsImplementationOf |
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Convention on the Rights of the Child
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relatedInstrument |