The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child will hold its 15th session from 10-15 March 2010 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read the agenda - programme of work During the session, the Committee will examine State party reports on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child from Niger, Uganda and Rwanda. The session will include a Special Session on Violence against Children attended by Marta Santos Pais, UN Special Representative on Violence Against Children. African Committee members will also hold talks with members of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to discuss cooperation. The Civil Society Forum on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, which will hold its 3rd meeting from 11-13 March, will present its recommendations at the Committee session. For more information about the Forum, go here. Civil Society Organisations Forum on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child [call for information] The 3rd CSO Forum on the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child will take place from 11-13 March 2010 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The organising committee would like to learn from those who attended the first or second Forums if and how they have used the information they received during the Forum. The organising committee has been tasked with the responsibility of tracking the fulfilment of commitments and promises made by civil society organisations. The aim of the questionnaire is to gather information about what organisations have been doing in the country in the course of the last year to advance the child rights and welfare agenda in Africa. The outcomes of the questionnaire will be shared at the upcoming CSO Forum. Fill out the questionnaire here.
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pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/ACEWRC_15_prog.doc
AFRICA: Session 15 of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
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