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Has the ‘procedural turn’ now also reached the Children’s Rights Committee?
Communication No. 148/2021, M.F. and L.B. v Switzerland and Communication No. 153/2021, A.M. and E.P. v Switzerland
Wouter Vandenhole
• 18 July 2025
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The Human Rights Committee Holds Ecuador and Nicaragua Liable for the Forced Motherhood Imposed On Three Girl Survivors Of Sexual Violence
The Human Rights Committee issued the decisions on Norma (Ecuador), Susana and Lucía (Nicaragua), declaring that the States had breached their duties to ensure access to abortion to these girls
Catalina Martínez Coral and
Carmen Cecilia Martínez
• 12 May 2025
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Committee on the Rights of the Child found Paraguay responsible for grave violations in the 2020 killings of two 11-year-old girls.
The inquiry concerning Paraguay, conducted under Article 13 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure
Rafael Silva Niño de Zepeda
• 17 January 2025
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Finland’s failure to meet international standards on indigenous rights of free, prior and informed consent violates multiple Convention rights of indigenous Sámi children, including the right to cultural identity.
Communication No. 172/2022 M.E.V et al. V Finland
Rachel Sloth-Nielsen
• 12 December 2024
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Violation of rights of children in Georgian orphanage due to physical and psychological abuse, inadequate monitoring, and ineffective investigation of complaints
Communication No. 144/2021 ML and others v Georgia
Conor O'Mahony
• 18 October 2024
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The sentencing of an Argentine juvenile failed to consider his status as a child, did not prioritize his social rehabilitation, and did not ensure he received differentiated treatment while serving his sentence.
Communication No. 89/2019 D.E.P. (represented by the Court of Cassation legal aid office of the Province of Buenos Aires) v. Argentina
Prof. Jaime Couso Salas
• 17 May 2024
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The decision to deport a Nigerian man from Denmark was made without considering the best interests of his children.
Communication No. 145/2021 O.M. v Denmark
Dr Jonathan Collinson
• 12 December 2023
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Czech children forcibly removed from their home for treatment and school attendance had their rights under the CRC violated.
Communication No. 139/2021 B.J. and P.J. v. Czech Republic
Prof. Marit Skivenes and
Prof. Marius Emberland
• 05 December 2023
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Deportation of a child with health needs to Georgia does not violate the right to health of the CRC
Communication 110/2020 K.K. v. Switzerland
Prof Aart Hendriks
• 09 November 2023
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Committee on the Rights of the Child Asks Peru to Decriminalise Abortion in Cases of Child Pregnancy
Camila V Peru
Dr. Godfrey Kangaude
• 12 September 2023