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General Comment No. 15 on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (art. 24), CRC/C/GC/15, 17 April 2013

Apr 17, 2013

B. Right to non-discrimination 8. In order to fully realize the right to health for all children, States parties have an obligation to ensure that children’s health is not undermined as a result of discrimination, which is a significant factor contributing to...

Concluding Observations, CRC/C/OPSC/USA/CO/2, 1 February 2013: United States of America

Feb 1, 2013

Measures adopted to prevent offences prohibited under the Optional Protocol 23. The Committee regrets that the approach of existing policies, programmes and administrative measures to prevent offences under the Optional Protocol, is law-enforcement oriented to the...

Concluding Observations, CRC/C/GUY/CO/2-4, 1 February 2013: Guyana

Feb 1, 2013

24. The Committee welcomes the State party’s adoption of the Amerindian Act in 2006, the establishment of the Indigenous Peoples Commission to address discrimination and marginalization faced by Amerindian children, and other measures taken to address discrimination...

Concluding Observations, CRC/C/AUS/CO/4, 28 August 2012: Australia

Aug 28, 2012

29.While welcoming the People of Australia – Australia’s Multicultural Policy and the State party’s National Anti-Racism Partnership and Strategy, the Committee notes with concern that racial discrimination in general remains a problem. It is particularly concerned...

Concluding Observations, CRC/C/KOR/CO/3-4, 2 February 2012: Republic of Korea

Feb 2, 2012

Non-discrimination 28. The Committee regrets that the State party’s draft Anti-discrimination Act was discarded without consideration at the National Assembly in December 2007 and that the legislative definition of discrimination does not contain an express...