Landmark Decision Committee on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction The Committee on the Rights of the Child declares a complaint lodged against France on the protection of children in Northern Syria admissible, building on third party interventions. Ton Liefaard • November 11, 2020
Second follow-up progress report on individual communications The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child maintains follow-up dialogue with Spain about treatment of unaccompanied migrant children Chrisje Sandelowsky-Bosman • October 29, 2020
Report on Admissibility under CRC-OP3 Is the communication admissible? This is the first question the Committee on the Rights of the Child has to answer when it receives communications submitted under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on a communications procedure (CRC-OP3). Jaap Doek • October 22, 2020
Irregular Migrant Children and the Right to Education For the last two years, the 12 year old Moroccan girl N.S. from Melilla (Spain) had been fighting for her right to education by campaigning, demonstrating and by filing a complaint before the judicial administrative court. What happened after she had taken her complaint to Geneva? Ton Liefaard and Lisanne van Dijck • September 08, 2020
First follow-up progress report on individual communications The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has given insight in the follow up measures taken by State Parties after the first individual communications. How does the Committee assess the impact of the views adopted? Ton Liefaard • July 01, 2020
An effective reparation by the Danish government Denmark has granted asylum to the mother of six Syrian Refugee children in compliance with the request of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. It shows how the Convention on the Rights of the Child's complaints mechanisms could effectively remedy violations of children's rights. Lisanne van Dijck • May 19, 2020
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