This version of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, offers plain English explanations of the text. It covers each section of the Optional Protocol in order, giving a step-by-step run through of what the official language means to say. To show how things might work in practice, examples from other similar communications procedures at the UN have also been provided wherever possible. It is hoped that these explanations and examples provide a more complete understanding of the CRC complaints mechanism.

Read the full text of the annoted Optional Protocol on the CRC complaints mechanism.