GENEVA
London South East
Vienna (Alliance News) – Children will be able to bring violations of their rights before a UN human rights body in Geneva from April, the United Nations said Tuesday in Geneva.
Children or their representatives will be allowed to file complaints with the Geneva-based Committee on the Rights of the Child, if all other legal avenues are exhausted in their country.
“It means children are able to fully exercise their rights and are empowered to have access to international human rights bodies in the same way adults are under several other human rights treaties,” said Kirsten Sandberg, the committee’s chairwoman.
UN treaties guarantee the development and family life of children, while aiming to protect them against various forms of exploitation.
The body’s 18 independent experts would adopt child-sensitive procedures and would issue recommendations to the country in question, she said.
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