5- وفيما يحتاج الكبار والصغار على السواء لمؤسسات مستقلة لحقوق الإنسان لحماية حقوقهم، هناك مبررات إضافية لضمان إيلاء اهتمام خاص بحقوق الإنسان للطفل.
1 In its seventeenth session (1998), the Committee on the Rights of the Child held a day of general discussion on the theme of HIV/AIDS and children's rights in which it recommended a number of actions be taken including facilitating the engagement of States parties on HIV/AIDS issues in relation to the rights of the child.