Harmful practices (joint General Recommendation with CEDAW) 2014, para. 72

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In States parties in which the prevalence of harmful practices is primarily limited to immigrant communities, health-care providers, teachers and childcare professionals, social workers, police officers, migration officials and the justice sector must be sensitized and trained in how to identify girls and women who have been, or are at risk of being, subjected to harmful practices and which steps can and should be taken to protect them.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Harmful Practices
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Persons on the move
  • Women
Year
2014
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CRC General Comment No. 18, Harmful practices (joint General Comment with CEDAW) (2014), para. 72.
Paragraph number
72