Summary: Full details of the upcoming Human Rights Council - 13th Session
NEW: Latest Update from the Human Rights Council
The 13th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) will be held from 1 to 26 March 2010 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
CRIN will be providing daily updates from 8 - 12 March (2nd week of the session)
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Details of debates (timetable, etc.)
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Annual debate on the rights of the child
This year, the debate is on sexual violence against children.
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Menu: Side Events - Statements - CRINMAILs - NGO participation - Special Procedures - Sources of information - Subgroup on the HRC - Universal Periodic Review - Useful contacts
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Side Events
Several side events will be run throughout the 13th Session of the Human Rights Council.
Key events include:
- Council of Europe side event : Tuesday 9th March
-Click here for a programme of the event
-Click here for background information (guidelines for the protection of children)
- 10th Anniversary of the adoption of the Optional Protocols on the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the Sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
-Click here for a programme of the event
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Statements at the Human Rights Council
- NGO Statement in support of the OP to the CRC - 12 March
- UNICEF Statement in response to the SRSG - 12 March
- World Vision: Statement on the Aftermath of Natural Disasters - 10 March
- World Vision: Children and Health - 15 March
- Statement by SRSG on Violence against Children - 11 March
- UNICEF Statement on child participation - 10 March
- UNICEF: Statement on sexual violence - 10 March
- Plan International: Youth statement on fighting sexual violence in schools - 10 March
- OMCT: Violence against children in detention - 10 March
- ECPAT : Children's right to protection from sexual violence
- Defence for Children International: Statement on Prosecution of children in military courts
- Women's World Summit Foundation: Statement on violence against children
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CRINMAILs
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Information note for NGOs - including information on accreditation and NGO parallel events
Written statements
NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC may submit written statements relevant to the work of the Human Rights Council.
The HRC Secretariat wishes to draw the attention of NGOs to ECOSOC resolution 1996/31, which authorises written statements of: a) 2,000 words for NGOs in general consultative status; and b) 1,500 words for NGOs in special consultative status and on the roster.
NGO written statements are to be submitted in accordance with the guidelines for the submission of NGO written statements:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/guidelines.htm
NGOs may submit their written statements to the Council Secretariat electronically to [email protected].
The deadline for the submission of written statements is Friday 15 February 2010.
OHCHR NGO Liaison Office:
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Telephone: + 41 (0)22 917 9656
Email: [email protected]
Contact information, as well as the NGO liaison office location accessible
during the session will be communicated at a later stage.
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- For a list of all reports submitted for the 13th Session, click here
- Key reports related to child rights include:
- Report of the SP on Torture and other cruel,inhuman or degrading treatment
- Report of the Working Group on enforced and involuntary disappearances
- Report of the Working Group on arbitary detention
- Report of the SG on internally displaced persons
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CRIN - sign up to the special HRC CRINMAIL.
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Press releases are issued by the HRC on a daily basis during HRC sessions and are available on the OHCHR website. In addition, relevant documents are posted on the Human Rights Council extranet (sign up).
Relevant and updated information on the 5th session of the HRC will be regularly posted on the HRC Extranet. Username: hrc extranet - Password: 1session.
A live Webcast service will be available under the Council’s webpage, covering the plenary session online, and will be accessible through this link.
Civil society news and perspectives are available on the CONGO website (Conference of NGOs in consultative relationship with the UN) and the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) - ISHR: Human Rights Council daily updates
UN - FAQs about the Human Rights Council
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Working Group for the HRC
The Working group for 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 United Nations Human Rights Council.
The WG’s aim so far has been to ensure that the Human Rights Council addresses the specific rights and situations of children worldwide in its regular work and sessions on human rights. By advocating for the inclusion of its concerns into the Council's Resolutions, the NGO community has ensured better support and coherence between international politics and local realities affecting the realisation of children's rights.
For more information, contact the co-convenors of the NGO WG:
Alan Kikuchi-White, Geneva Representative
SOS-Kinderdorf International
Email: [email protected]
Or Veronica Yates, CRIN
Email: [email protected]
Visit: http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/subgroup-CHR.asp
Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
East Studio
2, Pontypool Place, London, SE1 8QF, United Kingdom
+44 20 7401 2257
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.crin.org/HRC