The International Committee on the Rights of the Child

The Committee on the rights of the Child (CRC)

is the organ composed of 18 independent experts who control the application of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by its member states. He also controls the application of the three optional protocols of the Convention, concerningt he

involvement of children in armed conflicts.
the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
the communications procedure.

Comments and general recommendations

The Committee adopted general comments referring to special articles, provisions and themes on the Convention to help the member states to fulfill their obligations from the Convention on the rights of the Child and to stimulate international organizations and specialized institutions which are interested in the progressive and effective implementation of the rights recognized by the Convention. At any time, the members of the Committee can offer general comments concerning an article, a provision or a theme. The Committee can decide to develop general comments on an article, a provision or a theme, which was discussed earlier in one of his sessions of general debate.

The comments are available in French and English..

Nbre	Titel	Year
1	Article 29 (1): The aims of education	2001
2	The role of independent national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child	2002
3	HIV/AIDS and the rights of the child	2003
4	Adolescent health and development in the context of the Convention on the Rights of the Child	2003
5	General measures of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (arts. 4, 42 and 44, para. 6)	2003
6	Treatment of unaccompanied and seperated minors outside theiir country of origin	2005
7	Implementing child rights in early childhood	2006
8	The right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment (arts. 19; 28, para. 2; and 37, inter alia)	2006
9	The rights of children with disabilities	2007
10	Children’s rights in juvenile justice	2007
11	Indigenous children and their rights under the Convention	2009
12	The right of the child to be heard	2009
13	The right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence	2011
14	The right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration ( art . 3 , para. 1 )	2013
15	The right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (art. 24)	2013
16	State obligations regarding the impact of the business sector on children’s rights	2013
17	The right of the child to rest, leisure, play, recreational activities, cultural life and the arts (art. 31)	2013
18	Joint general recommendation No. 31 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women/general comment No. 18 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on harmful practices	2014
19	Public budgeting for the realization of children’s rights (art. 4)	2016
20	The implementation of the rights of the child during adolescence	2016
21	Children in street situations	2017
22	Joint general comment No. 3 (2017) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 22 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the general principles regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration**	2017
23	Joint general comment No. 4 (2017) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 23 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on State obligations regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration in countries of origin, transit, destination and return	2017
24	On children’s rights in the child justice system	2019