Committee on the Rights of the Child

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The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by governments that ratify the Convention. The Committee also monitors implementation of the Optional protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict and Optional protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

The CRC is one of seven UN-linked Human rights treaty bodies.

Governments that ratify the Convention (ie. all countries but Somalia and USA) must submit regular, detailed reports on the national situation of children's rights to the Committee for examination. The Committee examines each report and raises concerns or makes recommendations to the State party.

The Committee cannot consider individual complaints, although child rights may be raised before other committees with competence to consider individual complaints.

The Committee is made up of 18 members from different countries and legal systems who are of 'high moral standing' and experts in the field of human rights. The current chair of the committee is Mr Jaap Doek. Although members are nominated and elected by the governments, Committee members act in a personal capacity. They do not represent their countries' governments or any other organization to which they might belong.

[edit] External links

• [1] at OHCHR website.
• Members of the CRC