Rights of the child: Access to justice for children 2014, para. 15
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Encourages States to allow children, their representatives, civil society organizations and national human rights institutions to bring cases on behalf of or in support of a group of children, or in the public interest, including group litigation and collective or class action suits, as a way to challenge laws, policies, norms and practices that negatively affect the rights of the child, and to ensure that judicial decisions have wider benefits for children, including those who face additional challenges in initiating judicial proceedings;
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
Social & Cultural Rights
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 15.