BackTwenty-five years ago, on 20 November 1989, the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It was a landmark development: for the first time, states recognized children as fully-fledged bearers of a range of human rights, just like adults.
Today, the Convention is still the most important international text for the protection of children’s rights globally. The monitoring system it established is a crucial tool to assess achievements and gaps at the national level. What is more, the mechanism allowing for individual complaints before the Committee on the Rights of the Child has opened a new avenue for children to have their voice heard and their rights recognized.
To read more on the subject, please visit the website of the Commissioner of Human Rights (Council of Europe).
Source: Commissioner of Human Rights, Council of Europe
