普世接受的人權條約，兒童階段的個案救濟──兒童權利公約個人申訴案件之分析

從兒童權利宣言到兒童權利公約，花費漫長的30年。兒童權利公約是最快速生效且最普世之人權條約。然而其個人申訴制度至2014年才開始運作，至今具體的個人申訴案件數量不算多，且絕大部分個案所牽涉之兒童都不是被告國之國民。個人申訴案件有超過三分之二的案件是程序結案，兒童權利委員會只在不到三分之一的案件表達實質意見，不過對於兒童最佳利益、自主發展、表意自由、家庭團聚權、健康權等有相當具體之論述及確保。申訴程序議定書已建立暫時措施，兒童權利委員會在具體案件實踐，但是當事國未遵循。兒童權利委員會已針對違反公約之個案提出個案建議及通案建議，並已建立審查各國實踐之準則。然而當事國不必然具體實踐這些建議。

"The UN took 30 years moving from the Declaration of the Rights of the Child to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention is the quickest becoming effect and the most universal human right treaty. However, its individual communication did not begin until 2014. There were not many cases, and most of their applicants were not nationals of respondent states. More than two thirds of the cases were ended by discontinuance and inadmissibility decisions, which meant that the Committee of the Rights of the Child presented substantial views in less than one third cases. These substantial views however offered concrete protections of rights of the child. Interim measures were applied by the Committee in necessary cases, but respondent state did not implement them. When violations of the Convention occurred, the Committee offered individual and general recommendations. Principles of reviewing their implementations were also established. It is regret that respondent states did not fully comply with those recommendations."