At the 95th session of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, its members decided to draft a 27th General Comment on the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This is intended to explain the rights of the child to access to justice and effective remedies and to provide the States Parties with information and guidance in this regard. A concept paper for the General Comment has already been drafted. This sets out which topics and objectives are to be focussed on and that the participation of children is envisaged.

For the further development of the draft of the next General Comment, the Committee on the Rights of the Child is asking for feedback and contributions from all interested stakeholders. These can be submitted by 23 August as a Word document by email to ohchr-crc@un.org. Further information on participation, the concept paper and the call with guiding questions for the contributions to be submitted can be found here. In 2025, there will be another opportunity to comment on the draft and submit comments and suggestions.

It is also possible to organise national or regional consultations and submit the results of these consultations to Child Rights Connect by the end of 2024. All further information can be found in this guideline.