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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
CRC Committee canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

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 United Nations Children’s Fund ⓘ
linked to: UNICEF

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

CRC Committee → shortName → CRC Committee ⓘ