Adolescent health and development in the context of the Convention of the Rights of the Child 2003, para. 39g
Paragraph
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Paragraph text
[In exercising their obligations in relation to the health and development of adolescents, States parties shall always take fully into account the four general principles of the Convention. It is the view of the Committee that States parties must take all appropriate legislative, administrative and other measures for the realization and monitoring of the rights of adolescents to health and development as recognized in the Convention. To this end, States parties must notably fulfil the following obligations:] To protect adolescents from all harmful traditional practices, such as early marriages, honour killings and female genital mutilation;
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Treaty bodies: CRC - Committee on the Rights of the Child
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Harmful Practices
Health
Person(s) affected
Adolescents
Children
Year
2003
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CRC General Comment No. 4, Adolescent health and development in the context of the Convention of the Rights of the Child (2003), para. 39g.