Prof.mr. J.E. Doek is Guest Professor of Children's Rights at Leiden University and Emeritus Professor of Family and Child Law, VU University Amsterdam and Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (2001-2007)

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Updated Report on the Decisions of the Committee on Admissibility: Summary and Comments

The report on admissibility under CRC OP3 has been updated until April 2022. In addition, to the previous report, it includes the admissibility decisions of the CRC Committee made at its 85th – 89th sessions. Specific attention is given to admissibility and extra-territorial jurisdiction.

Jaap Doek • May 25, 2022

Report on Admissibility under CRC OP3

Is the communication admissible? This is the first question the Committee on the Rights of the Child has to answer when it receives communications submitted under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on a communications procedure (CRC OP3).

Jaap Doek • October 22, 2020