3 | The Child Rights Impact Assessment tool
Key considerations
when using the tool:
Confirmation bias: Care should be taken
to avoid bias when assessing positive and
negative impacts by exploring all available
research and evidence before making
judgements.
Knowledge: Policy/decision-makers
undertaking a CRIA require a general
understanding of human rights and the CRC.
A simplified version of the CRC is provided in
Appendix 4.
Capacity: Sufficient resources and time
must be allocated to collecting appropriate
information and completing a rights-based
analysis, including by having access to expert
advice; tools to guide and shape the process;
access to relevant data sets; and a clear
expectation of involving children.
Identifiable information: No identifiable
information should be included in a CRIA.
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