Child Rights Caucus: Morning briefings at the Human Rights Council

French / Spanish

Morning briefings

Location: Palais des Nations, Room 3023
Time: 9 to 10am, from 19 March to 28 March

The Caucus organises morning briefings from 9 am to 10 am, starting on March 19 until March 30 in room E-3023. All participants at the HRC are warmly welcome to discuss issues brought in light of the 4th Session with invited Special Rapporteurs and Experts, Government delegations, the Human rights Committee members, members of expert panels, UNICEF, UNHCR, OHCHR secretariat, regional human and children's rights organisations.

Information sharing The subgroup ensures daily information in French, Spanish and English on children's issues at the HRC through e-mail, reports and its webpage: www.crin.org/hrc

Timetable

Week 2

• 19 March: Professor Pinheiro, Independent Expert on Violence against Children
• 22 March: Juan Miguel Petit, Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
• 23 March: John Dugard, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories

Week 3

• 26 March: to be confirmed
• 27 March: Paul Hunt, Special Rapporteur on Health
• 28 March: Ms Zerrougui, Chairperson of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Child Rights Caucus

The subgroup on the Human Rights Council of the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child brings together NGOs willing to promote the rights of the child at the Human Rights Council (HRC).

The subgroup aims to ensure that the HRC addresses the specific rights and situations of children worldwide by advocating for the HRC to place child rights on the agenda of its work and by hosting a special interest group called the Child Rights Caucus that serves as focal point for a range of participants to meet on children's issues.

Further information:

• Information about all Special Procedures
• All relevant information on the 4th session
• UN press release on the opening of the fourth session
• CRIN's newspage on the HRC
• More NGO statements and submissions will be made available here
• Reports submitted to the HRC by Special Procedures are available here
•  Sign up to special CRINMAILs 
• Website of the Subgroup for the Human Rights Council, NGO Group for the CRC