Rights of the child: Access to justice for children 2014, para. 7d
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- [Recalls the right of the child who is capable of forming his or her own views to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, and that such views should be given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child, and urges States to ensure that children are provided the opportunity to be heard in any judicial or administrative proceedings affecting them, either directly or through a representative or an appropriate body, in accordance with article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, by taking steps to ensure that:] The consequences of any decisions affecting the child are explained to him or her in a way that he or she understands;
- Legal status
- Negotiated soft law
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Means of adoption
- Consensus
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- OP
- Reference
- HRC resolution, Rights of the child: Access to justice for children (2014), A/HRC/RES/25/6, OP 7d.
- Paragraph info
- OP
- Paragraph number
- 7d
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