The New Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
10 Things You Should Know
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12354294 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paula Gerber (0000-0002-6292-6154, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 111-115 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Alternative Law Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1037-969X • E-ISSN: 2398-9084 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1037969x1203700209 |
| OpenAlex | W3121902160 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
On 19 December 2011, the UN General Assembly adopted the Third Optional Protocol ('OP') to the Convention on the Rights of the Child ('CROC'), which establishes a system whereby children can bring a complaint alleging that a human right has been violated to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child ('CRC'). Prior to the adoption of this OP, the CRC was the only UN treaty committee without jurisdiction to receive communications alleging violations of a human rights treaty
Convention · Convention on the Rights of the Child · Human rights · Law and economics · Political science · Protocol (science · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · International Human Rights and Reproductive Law · Law · Medicine
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |