United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC): clarification of inherent obligations

Annex A. List of links

1. Introduction

Sources to guide interpretation of the UNCRC Act

2. Four general principles of the UNCRC

• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – General Comment No.14 (2013): on the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration
• UNHCR – Best Interests Procedure Guidelines: Assessing and Determining the Best Interests of the Child
• UN Human Rights Committee, General Comment No.36 (2019): Article 6: right to life
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – General Comment No.7 (2006): Implementing Child Rights in Early Childhood
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – General Comment No.5 (2003): General measures of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – General Comment No.12 (2009): The right of the child to be heard.
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – General Comment No.4 (2016), Article 24: Right to inclusive education
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – General Comment No.20 (2016) on the implementation of the rights of the child during adolescence
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - General_Comment_No.6 (2005): Treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin
• UN Human Rights Committee, – General_Comment_No.22 (1993): Article 18 (Freedom of Thought, Conscience or Religion)
• UN Human Rights Committee, – General_Comment_No.23 (1994): Article 27 (Rights of Minorities)
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – General Comment No.7 (2006): Implementing Child Rights in Early Childhood
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – General Comment No.9 (2006): The rights of children with disabilities
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – General Comment No.11 (2009): Indigenous children and their rights under the Convention [on the Rights of the Child]
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – General Comment No.13 (2011): The right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – General Comment No.24 (2019): on children’s rights in the child justice system
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – General Comment No.26 (2023) on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change
• UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) – Implementation Handbook for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, September 2007

3. Evolving capacity

• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – General Comment No.20 (2016) on the implementation of the rights of the child during adolescence
• The Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland – What are evolving capacities?
• The evolving capacities of the child (2005) by Gerison Lansdown
• Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991

4. Respecting, protecting and fulfilling children’s rights

• The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) – Frequently Asked Questions on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

5. Progressive realisation

• UNICEF – Implementation Handbook For The Convention On The Rights Of The Child
• The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) – Frequently Asked Questions on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Non-statutory guidance on taking a children’s human rights approach
• The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) - General Comment No.3 (1990):The Nature of States Parties’ Obligations
• UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – General Comment No.19 (2016) on public budgeting for the realization of children’s rights (art. 4)