Human Rights Council to develop UN communications procedure for violations of Children's Rights

"Today (Wednesday 24 March 2010), the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva agreed to start drafting a new international human rights instrument enabling the Committee on the Rights of the Child to receive and examine communications from children and their representatives alleging violation of their rights. The communications procedure will be established by a new Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child which came into force 20 years ago."

Read more: Press Release OP CRC Drafting Process 24 March 2010.pdf