Child Law Resources

General Comments of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child


General Comment No. 1 (2001) - The aims of education
General Comment No. 2 (2002) - The role of independent national human rights institutions
General Comment No. 3 (2003) - HIV/AIDS and the rights of the child
General Comment No. 4 (2003) - Adolescent health and development
General Comment No. 5 (2003) - General measures of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
General Comment No. 6 (2005) - Treatment of unaccompanied and separated children
General Comment No. 7 (2005) - Implementing child rights in early childhood
General Comment No. 8 (2006) - The right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment
General Comment No. 9 (2006) - The rights of children with disabilities
General Comment No. 10 (2007) - Children's rights in Juvenile Justice
General Comment No. 11 (2009) - Indigenous children and their rights under the Convention
General Comment No. 12 (2009) - The right of the child to be heard
General Comment No. 13 (2011) - The right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence
General Comment No. 14 (2013)- the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration
General comment No. 15 (2013) - The right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health
General Comment No. 16 (2013) - State obligations regarding the impact of the business sector on children's rights
General comment No. 17 (2013) – The right of the child to rest, leisure, play, recreational activities, cultural life and the arts
General Comment No. 18 (2014)-The Rights of the Child on Harmful Practices
General comment No. 19 (2016) on public budgeting for the realization of children’s rights (art. 4)
General comment No. 20 (2016) on the implementation of the rights of the child during adolescence
General comment No. 21 (2017) on children in street situations
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
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