Harmful practices (joint General Recommendation with CEDAW) 2014, para. 54
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
States parties, and in particular immigration and asylum officials, should be aware that women and girls may be fleeing their country of origin to avoid undergoing a harmful practice. Those officials should receive appropriate cultural, legal and gender-sensitive training on what steps need to be taken for the protection of such women and girls.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Type de document
General Comment / Recommendation
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
Equality & Inclusion
Movement
Personnes concernées
Girls
Persons on the move
Women
Année
2014
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
CRC General Comment No. 18, Harmful practices (joint General Comment with CEDAW) (2014), para. 54.