OPIC

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OPIC is an international human rights treaty mechanism that allows children or their representatives to bring complaints about violations of their rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child to a UN committee.

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OPIC canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communications procedure ⓘ
international human rights treaty mechanism ⓘ
optional protocol ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionPlace New York City ⓘ
aimsTo provide access to international remedies for children ⓘ
strengthen enforcement of children’s rights ⓘ
allowsComplaintsAbout violations of rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
alsoKnownAs OP3 CRC ⓘ
linked to: OP3-CRC

Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
applicants groups of children ⓘ
individual children ⓘ
representatives acting on behalf of children ⓘ
basedOn Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
belongsToRegime UN human rights treaty system ⓘ
complaintsBody Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
enables communications by groups of children ⓘ
communications by representatives of children ⓘ
individual communications ⓘ
fullName Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure ⓘ
languageOfAdoption United Nations official languages ⓘ
legalEffect Committee’s views and recommendations are not legally binding but carry authoritative weight ⓘ
legalNature optional protocol to a human rights treaty ⓘ
monitoredBy Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
proceduralCharacter complaints mechanism ⓘ
proceduralRequirement communications must be compatible with the Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
communications must not be anonymous ⓘ
same matter must not be examined under another international procedure ⓘ
providesFor individual communications procedure ⓘ
inquiry procedure for grave or systematic violations ⓘ
relatesTo Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
requires exhaustion of domestic remedies before submitting a communication ⓘ
written communications to the Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
requiresConsentOf State parties to recognize the competence of the Committee ⓘ
rightsCovered civil rights of the child ⓘ
cultural rights of the child ⓘ
economic rights of the child ⓘ
political rights of the child ⓘ
social rights of the child ⓘ
scopeOfApplication States that are parties to the Optional Protocol ⓘ
shortName OPIC ⓘ
subjectMatter children’s rights ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
targetGroup child victims of human rights violations ⓘ
children ⓘ
treatyOf United Nations ⓘ
typeOfRemedy quasi-judicial review by a UN treaty body ⓘ

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