Committee on the Rights of the Child - Concept Note: General Comment on

The Committee on the Rights of the Child has decided to dedicate its 27th General Comment to Children’s Rights to Access to Justice and Effective Remedies. [...] The General comment will also address the procedural right of children such as their legal standing, the right to free, quality legal aid, including representation by counsel; the right to be heard and accompanied during all stages of the proceedings and be assisted by a translator and/or interpreter and support persons; and the right to be fully informed throughout the entire 2 procedure, togethe. [...] The General Comment will highlight the need to mobilize sufficient human, financial and technical resources to ensure full access of the child to the right to justice and effective remedies, including to ensure appropriate budget at the central-, regional- and local levels, as well as to provide sufficient high-quality education especially on children’s rights and child protection for professional. [...] The overall objective of the General Comment is to provide authoritative guidance to States Parties to undertake all appropriate legislative, administrative and other actions to ensure children’s right to access justice and effective remedies for the full realisation of all their rights. [...] • Adapt the justice system to make it child-friendly; • Make the link and synergy between the Convention and other international mechanisms that are critical for ensuring access to justice and effective remedies for children; • Emphasise the need to provide child-friendly safeguards to the substantive and procedural rights of children to access justice and effective remedies; • Provide concrete ex.