Indigenous children and their rights under the Convention 2009, para. 1
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In the preamble of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, States parties take "due account of the importance and cultural values of each people for the protection and harmonious development of the child". While all the rights contained in the Convention apply to all children, whether indigenous or not, the Convention on the Rights of the Child was the first core human rights treaty to include specific references to indigenous children in a number of provisions.
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)
Governance & Rule of Law
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Children
Ethnic minorities
Year
2009
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CRC General Comment No. 11, Indigenous children and their rights under the Convention (2009), para. 1.