{"id":22347,"date":"2017-08-15T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T06:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanium.gives\/en\/?p=22347"},"modified":"2017-10-04T12:54:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T12:54:11","slug":"child-complain-child-rights-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/child-complain-child-rights-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"As a child, how do I complain about child rights violations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ea7600;\">The<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/committee\/\">Committee on the Rights of the Child<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ea7600;\">(here now \u201cCommittee\u201d) monitors the implementation of the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/convention\/\">Convention on the Rights of the Child<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ea7600;\">by its State parties.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Since 2014, children can complain about their country directly to the Committee, if certain criteria are met.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions children (everyone under the age of 18 years) shall ask themselves, before starting a \u201ccommunication procedure\u201d at the Committee:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>1) Did my country adopt the protocol and thus allows me\/us to complain?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has my home country ratified, meaning accepted the Child Rights Convention and its 3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Optional Protocol or not? If we are uncertain, we check with local organizations or ask Humanium friends that wish to help. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Countries that allow children to complain we can find here: <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/treaties.un.org\/Pages\/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&amp;mtdsg_no=IV-11-d&amp;chapter=4&amp;lang=en:\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">countries that have adopted the protocol<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>2) A structure to support my claim?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is there a court, an NGO or an authority in my country that could hear and support my complaint? And, if there is and I have filed in my country, waited for the time set forth in their response, if any, I am done and can file to the Committee. Good, let me check and also in terms of NGO, if there is one, e.g. Humanium, who could support my concerns!?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>3) Collective complaint?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey, hmm, I could even complain together with a bunch of friends that support my concern(s). Yes, I will meet them, check with them, hear their voices and opinions and do it together, or not, let me check in first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>4) What exactly are our concerns?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have learnt a lot about children\u2019s rights on this, Humanium\u2019s website and now it is time for me\/ us to sit together and formulate my\/our concern(s) concretely. Maybe I\u2019ll ask one of my adult friends, to re-read with me my concerns, well best to pick one of those adult friends who write a lot and seem to know their stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>5) Writing down our concerns<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, the written stuff: We must write our concerns down. They say that it must not be a complaint, I think they call it \u201ccommunication\u201d that has already, previously, been introduced. Well, I\u2019ll have them check that themselves, maybe ask Humanium or another local Child Rights NGO \/ group for help to get us up &amp; running with the maximum input.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/helpline\/\"><b><i>&gt;&gt; As a child, you can also ask for help on our Helpline<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Written by: Arndt<em> Soret<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Committee on the Rights of the Child (here now \u201cCommittee\u201d) monitors the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by its State parties. Since 2014, children can complain about their country directly to the Committee, if certain criteria are met. 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