Committee on the Rights of the Child

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UN human rights treaty body United Nations treaty body human rights monitoring body

The Committee on the Rights of the Child is a body of independent experts that monitors and guides implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and its optional protocols by States parties worldwide.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Committee on the Rights of the Child canonical	20
United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T337135 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee on the Rights of the Child
Context triple: [United Nations treaty bodies, includes, Committee on the Rights of the Child]

A. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a body of independent experts that monitors and interprets states’ implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights within the UN human rights system.
B. Human Rights Committee
The Human Rights Committee is a United Nations body of independent experts that monitors states’ implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
C. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is an expert body that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and provides guidance to states on advancing women’s rights and gender equality.
D. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is a body of independent experts that monitors states’ implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and issues recommendations to combat racial discrimination worldwide.
E. Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a landmark United Nations human rights treaty that sets out the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of all children worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee on the Rights of the Child
Target entity description: The Committee on the Rights of the Child is a body of independent experts that monitors and guides implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and its optional protocols by States parties worldwide.

A. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a body of independent experts that monitors and interprets states’ implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights within the UN human rights system.
B. Human Rights Committee
The Human Rights Committee is a United Nations body of independent experts that monitors states’ implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
C. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is an expert body that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and provides guidance to states on advancing women’s rights and gender equality.
D. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is a body of independent experts that monitors states’ implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and issues recommendations to combat racial discrimination worldwide.
E. Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a landmark United Nations human rights treaty that sets out the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of all children worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UN human rights treaty body ⓘ United Nations treaty body ⓘ human rights monitoring body ⓘ
affiliatedWith	United Nations ⓘ
composedOf	independent experts ⓘ
establishedBy	Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
establishedInYear	1991 ⓘ
fullName	Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
hasFunction	adopt general comments on provisions of the Convention ⓘ conduct inquiries into grave or systematic violations of children's rights ⓘ consider individual communications under the communications procedure ⓘ cooperate with United Nations agencies and other stakeholders ⓘ engage in dialogue with States parties ⓘ examine reports submitted by States parties ⓘ issue concluding observations to States parties ⓘ provide guidance on interpretation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
hasMemberType	independent expert ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Switzerland ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Geneva ⓘ
holdsSessionIn	Geneva ⓘ
languageOfWork	United Nations official languages ⓘ
legalBasis	Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ Optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
membersElectedBy	States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
membershipCriteria	independence and high moral standing ⓘ recognized competence in the field of human rights ⓘ
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 ⓘ
parentOrganization	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ
partOf	United Nations human rights treaty body system ⓘ linked to: United Nations treaty bodies
primaryFocus	children's rights ⓘ implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ
reportsTo	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
sessionFrequency	three times a year ⓘ
shortName	CRC Committee ⓘ
subjectArea	civil rights of children ⓘ education, leisure and cultural activities ⓘ family environment and alternative care ⓘ health and welfare of children ⓘ special protection measures for children ⓘ
website	https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/crc ⓘ
worksWith	States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child ⓘ United Nations Children’s Fund ⓘ linked to: UNICEF non-governmental organizations ⓘ specialized agencies of the United Nations ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

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

United Nations treaty bodies → includes → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Convention on the Rights of the Child → monitoringBody → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Convention on the Rights of the Child → establishedBody → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

United Nations human rights system → monitoredBy → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Committee on the Rights of the Child → fullName → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography → monitoringBody → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure → monitoringBody → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

CRC → monitoredBy → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

CRC → establishesBody → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict → monitoringBody → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties → monitoredBy → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

CRC Committee → fullName → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

Palais Wilson → occupant → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

subject linked to: Palais Wilson, Geneva

Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child → monitoredBy → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

subject linked to: Optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Dame Sandra Mason → memberOf → United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

linked to: Committee on the Rights of the Child

OPIC → complaintsBody → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

OPIC → monitoredBy → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

OP3-CRC → complaintsBody → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

OP3-CRC → monitoredBy → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

OPSC → monitoredBy → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

OPAC → monitoredBy → Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ

African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child → cooperatesWith → United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child ⓘ