CRINMAIL 24:
55th Session: Concluding Observations
In this issue:
CRC Concluding Observations
The 55th Session of the Convention on the Rights of the Child took place from September 13th to October 1st 2010, with the Committee adopting Concluding Observations for all the States reviewed on both the CRC and the two Optional Protocols.
In addition, the NGO Group for the CRC has published reports of the individual reviews in the Session. To read the Committee's Concluding Observations and the NGO Group's Summary Reports, click on the links below.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OPAC)
Optional Protocol on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (OPSC)
New CRC State reporting guidelines
New reporting guidelines for States were adopted on October 1st 2010 to replace those adopted by the Committee on 3 June 2005 (CRC/C/58/Rev.1). These treaty specific guidelines were developed in accordance with the harmonized reporting guidelines for all human rights treaty bodies and should be applied in conjunction with the preparation and submission of a common core document.
This will have implications on the way NGOs report to the CRC in the future. For further information, contact the NGO Group for the CRC
Click here to read the full document
CRC Elections 2010
In December 2010, UN Member States will gather at the UN General Assembly in New York to elect nine people to the most important children's rights organisation in the world: the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.Those selected will replace outgoing members of the 18-strong Committee whose terms expire on 28 February 2011.
CRIN and the NGO Group have joined forces to interview candidates standing for election to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in December 2010. We are asking them about their experience in children's rights, what they think they can contribute to the Committee, what they think about key issues, their vision for the Committee and how they see NGOs' role.
The line-up
Twenty-three candidates are in the running: their full names and CVs are available here.
Interviews:
- Ms. Aseil Al-Shehail (Saudi Arabia): Interview / CV
- Ms. Agnes Aidoo (Ghana): Interview / CV
- Ms. Norah Amicar Jean-Francois (Haiti): No response from candidate
- Mr. Jorge Cardona Lloréns (Spain): Interview [English/ Español] / CV [English] / [Español]
- Mr. Peter Onyekwere Edigbo (Nigeria): Interview / CV
- Mr. Kamel Filali (Algeria): Interview / CV
- Mr. Bernard Gastaud (Monaco)
- Ms. Sharon Esther Geerlings-Headley (Suriname): Unable to obtain contact details
- Ms. Maria Herczog (Hungary): Interview / CV
- Mr. Hatem Kotrane (Tunisia): Interview / CV
- Mr. Gehad Madi (Egypt): Interview / CV
- Ms. Nino Makashvili (Georgia): Interview / CV
- Mr. David Mangota (Zimbabwe): Unable to obtain contact details
- Mr. Adolphe Minkoa She (Cameroon): Unable to obtain contact details
- Ms. Bibata Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso): Interview / CV (Francais)
- Mr. Dainius Puras (Lithuania): Interview / CV
- Ms. Ramandraibe Bakolalao (Madagascar) Interview / CV (Francais)
- Ms. Kirsten Sandberg (Norway): Interview / CV
- Ms. Hiranthi Wijemanne (Sri Lanka): Interview / CV
- Ms. Josepha Pumbulu Mbimi* (Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Ms. Luisa Vicioso Sánchez (Dominican Republic): Interview [English/ Español] / CV
- Mr. Dragi Zmijanac (Macedonia): Interview / CV
*This candidate has replaced Théodore Kabanga Bitoka
Further information
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