Together’s response on General Comment No. 27

Date: 9th October 2024
Category: General measures of implementation, General principles, UNCRC Optional Protocols and General Comments

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The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN Committee) called for inputs in drafting General Comment No.27 focusing on children’s right to access justice and effective remedies. The call for inputs is an opportunity to help define the terms, approaches and actions that government should adopt.

Together has responded by urging the UN Committee to adopt critical reforms ensuring children can effectively uphold their rights through accessible, proactive, preventative, and reactive measures. Children consistently tell us that understanding their rights and knowing who to contact if something goes wrong is essential. Based on this feedback, Together calls for child-friendly information that is easily accessible, considers age, capacity, and communication needs, and provides clear guidance, such as flowcharts, on who to approach when their rights are breached.

Together encourages the UN Committee to emphasise the importance of timely, accessible justice that does not retraumatise children, as well as informal routes to justice that validate children’s experiences through remedies such as apologies.

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