General Comment on Article 31 of UNCRC
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Thursday 5th May 2011
General comment on Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Right to Play is to receive increased attention from UN Committee on the Right of the Child. Article 31 will be the subject of a General Comment, the aim of which is increase state accountability.
UN General Comments
A General Comment is an official statement adopted by the UNCRC that eloborates on the meaning of an aspect of the Convention that seems to require further interpretation or emphasis. The aim of the General Comment is to increase state accountability. To date there are 12 such Comments issued from the year 2001. These include:
- No 7 Implementing child's rights in early childhood 2005
- No 9 The rights of children with disabilities 2006
- No11 Indigenous children and their rights 2009
- No12 The right of the child to be heard 2009
A full list can be found on the website of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child or by clicking here.
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