The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child creates general comments to:

• provide interpretation and analysis of specific UNCRC articles so that States have guidance around putting these into practice, and
• deal with how the UNCRC applies to broad issues related to the rights of the child.

An example of the first kind of general comment would be General Comment 17, which provides additional information around the right to play, Article 31 of the UNCRC. An example of the second kind would be General Comment 16 on the impact of business on children’s rights.