Committee on the Rights of the Child: 61st session

Summary: The Committee on the Rights of the Child will hold its 61st Session from 17 September to 5 October 2012. Below are full details on the session, including the list of alternative reports submitted by NGOs.

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States under Review

Below is a list of States scheduled to be reviewed during the 61st session.

The following States will be reviewed on the progress they are making in implementing the provisions of the CRC:

  • Albania    Andorra    Austria    Namibia
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina    Liberia    Canada

The following States will be reviewed under the OPSC:

  • Albania    Philippines    Canada

The following States will be reviewed under the OPAC:

  • Albania

Session Outcomes

The Concluding Observations will be released at the end of the session. In the meantime, you can read summary reports of the reviews on the OHCHR website. Click here.

State Reports

Reports submitted by governments to the Committee on the Rights of the Child will become available in English, French and Spanish on the website of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Word and PDF formats.

Alternative Reports

Alternative Reports submitted on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC):

Austria

Albania

Andorra

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Canada

Guinea-Bissau

  • Coalition des Organisations de la Défense des Droits de l’Enfant en Guinée Bissau (CODEDIC-GB)
    Submission to the Committee (in French / in English)

Liberia

Namibia

Alternative Reports submitted on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (OPSC):

Albania

Canada

Philippines

 
Alternative Reports submitted on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OPAC):

- No reports submitted

NGO participation

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Some of the sessions were made available online via a webcast.
 

Further Information

pdf: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/crcs61.htm

Organisation: 
UN OHCHR - Committee on the Rights of the Child
Tags: 
Reporting to and monitoring the CRC
Articles: 
Article 10: Family reunification
Article 1: Definition of a child
Article 3: Best interests of the child
Article 15: Freedom of association
Article 7: Name and nationality
Article 5: Parental guidance and the childs evolving capacities
Article 2: Non-discrimination
Article 4: Implementation of rights
Article 6: Survival and development
Article 8: Preservation of identity
Article 12: The childs opinion
Article 18: Parental responsibilities
Link : 
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/crcs61.htm

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