Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on street children in conflict with the law, April 2016

This statement was submitted by PRI in April 2016 to inform the Committee’s forthcoming General Comment on Children in Street Situations.

Children in street situations face particular risks in relation to the justice system: they are more likely than most children to come into conflict with the law in the first place and once in the system they are less able to protect themselves from violations of their rights because of the discrimination they face and because they so often lack adult support.

The submission looks at some of the salient issues affecting these children, and makes recommendations for how states can start to make appropriate provisions.