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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.
1. Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (the Convention) is a unique provision in a human rights treaty; it addresses the legal and social status of children, who, on the one hand lack the full autonomy of adults but, on the other, are subjects of rights. Paragraph 1 assures, to every child capable of forming his or her own
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