United Nations International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families Convention on the Rights of the Child CMW/C/GC/4-CRC/C/GC/23 Distr.: General 16 November 2017 Original: English Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Committee on the Rights of the Child Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families Joint general comment No. 4 (2017) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 23 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on State obligations regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration in countries of origin, transit, destination and return* I. Introduction 1. The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the Convention on the Rights of the Child contain legally binding obligations that relate both in general and specifically to the protection of the human rights of children and migrants. Both Conventions contain several provisions that establish specific obligations related to the rights of children in the context of international migration in the countries of origin, transit, destination and return. 1 2. The present joint general comment was adopted at the same time as joint general comment No. 3 (2017) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 22 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the general principles regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration. While that general comment and the present one are stand-alone documents in their own right, the two complement each other and should be read and implemented together. The drafting process included a series of global and regional consultations held between May and July 2017 with representatives of key stakeholders and experts, including children and migrant organizations, in Bangkok, Beirut, Berlin, Dakar, Geneva, Madrid and Mexico City. In addition, the Committees received more than 80 written contributions from States, United Nations agencies and entities, civil society * The present joint general comment should be read in conjunction with joint general comment No. 3 1 (2017) of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and No. 22 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the general principles regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration. States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child are obliged, in terms of article 4 on implementation of rights, read with article 2 on non-discrimination, to undertake measures regarding economic, social and cultural rights to all children within their jurisdictions, to the maximum extent of their available resources and with a view to achieving progressively the full realization of these rights without prejudice to obligations that are immediately applicable according to international law. See Committee on the Rights of the Child, general comment No. 19 (2016) on public budgeting for the realization of children’s rights, paras. 28-34. GE.17-20405(E) 

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