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All General Comments published by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, together with submissions made by NGOs.

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• About General Comments
• Existing General Comments
• GCs under discussion
• Further information

What are General Comments?

The CRC Committee elaborates its General Comments with a view to clarifying the normative contents of specific rights provided for under the Convention on the Rights of the Child or particular themes of relevance to the Convention, as well as offer guidance about practical measures of implementation.

General Comments provide interpretation and analysis of specific articles of the CRC or deal with thematic issues related to the rights of the child. General Comments constitute an authoritative interpretation as to what is expected of States parties as they implement the obligations contained in the CRC.

Child Rights Connect has produced a fact sheet (in English, French and Spanish), which provides information for NGOs on how they can contribute to, and participate in, the elaboration of general comments.

Existing General Comments

The following have been adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child:

General Comment 17

• General Comment no 17: Right to play
• Submissions

General Comment 16

• General Comment no 16: Children's Rights and Business
• Submissions

General Comment 15

• General Comment no 15: Right to health
• Submissions

General Comment 14

• General Comment no 14: Best interests of the child
• Submissions

General Comment 13

• General Comment no 13: Freedom from all forms of violence
• Submissions

General Comment 12

• General Comment no 12: Children's right to be heard
• Submissions

General Comment 11

• General Comment no 11: Indigenous Children and their Rights under the Convention (January 2009)
• Submissions

General Comment 10

• General Comment No. 10: Children's Rights in Juvenile Justice (February 2007) Español / Français
• Submissions

General Comment 9

• The Rights of Children with Disabilities (October 2006) Español
• Submissions

General Comment 8

• The right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment (2006) Español / Français
• Submissions

General Comment 7

• Implementing child rights in early childhood (2005) Français / Español
• Submissions

General Comment 6

• Treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin (2005) Français / Español
• Submissions

General Comment 5

• General measures of implementation for the Convention on the Rights of the Child (2003) Français / Español
• Submissions

General Comment 4

• Adolescent Health (2003) Français / Español
• Submissions

General Comment 3

• HIV/AIDS and the rights of the child (2003) Français / Español
• Submissions

General Comment 2

• The role of independent human rights institutions (2002) Français / Español
• Submissions

General Comment 1

• The aims of education (2001) Français / Español
• Submissions

 

General Comments under discussion

The Committee continues to work on a draft joint General Comment on harmful practices in collaboration with the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. More information in due course.

• View the submissions

 

Further Information

• Visit the Committee's webpage
• View all of the Committee's General Comments

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