Adolescent health and development in the context of the Convention of the Rights of the Child 2003, para. 9
Párrafo- Paragraph text
- Under article 4 of the Convention, "States parties shall undertake all appropriate legislative, administrative and other measures for the implementation of the rights recognized" therein. In the context of the rights of adolescents to health and development, States parties need to ensure that specific legal provisions are guaranteed under domestic law, including with regard to setting a minimum age for sexual consent, marriage and the possibility of medical treatment without parental consent. These minimum ages should be the same for boys and girls (article 2 of the Convention) and closely reflect the recognition of the status of human beings under 18 years of age as rights holders, in accordance with their evolving capacity, age and maturity (arts. 5 and 12 to 17). Further, adolescents need to have easy access to individual complaint systems as well as judicial and appropriate non-judicial redress mechanisms that guarantee fair and due process, with special attention to the right to privacy (art. 16).
- Condicón jurídica
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organismo
- Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Tipo de documento
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Medio de adopción
- N.A.
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Adolescents
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Año
- 2003
- Tipo de párrafo
- 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. 9.
- Paragraph number
- 9
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