INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON THE SECOND PERIODIC REPORT OF THE HOLY SEE

摘要

In May 2014, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, an expert body tasked with monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by its state parties, issued its concluding observations on the second periodic report of the Holy See. The observations mark a definitive turning point in the approach of the treaty body concerning the nature of obligations which the Holy See incurs under the Convention; shed light on the concrete modalities which the Holy See could embrace to perform these obligations; and tie into the broader discussion on the extraterritorial reach of human rights treaties, in casu, the CRC.