After the child has decided to be heard, he or she will have to decide how to be heard: "either directly, or through a representative or appropriate body". The Committee recommends that, wherever possible, the child must be given the opportunity to be directly heard in any proceedings.
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)
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Children
Year
2009
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CRC General Comment No. 12, The right of the child to be heard (2009), para. 35.