The Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child has entered into force in April 2014. Petitions concerning violations of the rights of the child were hitherto justiciable before the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, both of which have produced useful jurisprudence. While these Committees will continue to have jurisdiction over such cases, it is to be expected that henceforth petitioners will turn to the Committee on the Rights of the Child as the most specialised body in the field.