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UNITED CRC NATIONS
UNITED NATIONS CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child Distr. general CRC/C/GC/12 1 July 2009 Original: ENGLISH ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD Fifty-first session Geneva, 25 May-12 June 2009 general COMMENT No. 12 (2009) The right of the child to be heard CRC/C/GC/12 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page I. II. III. THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD: A RIGHT OF THE INDIVIDUAL CHILD AND A RIGHT OF GROUPS OF A. legal B. The right to be heard and the links with other provisions of the C. The implementation of the right to be heard in different settings and D. Basic requirements for the implementation of the right of the child to be E. CRC/C/GC/12 page 3 The right of the child to be heard Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child provides: 1. States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child.
14. In section A (Legal analysis) of the general comment, the Committee deals with the right to be heard of the individual child. In section C (The implementation of the right to be heard in different settings and situations), the Committee considers the right to be heard of both the individual child and children as a group. A. Legal analysis 15.
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