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The 43rd session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child is drawing to an end. The session started on Monday, 11th September and will end this Friday, 29th September. On Friday, 15th, the Committee held its annual Day of General Discussion. This year's topic focused on article 12: the child's right to be heard. During this session, the Committee received government delegations from Benin, Ethiopia, Ireland, Jordan, Kiribati, Oman, Republic of Congo, Samoa, Senegal, Swaziland to discuss ways of improving the child rights situation in their repective countries. The Committee also examined the status of implementation of the two Optional Protocols of the Convention on the Rights of the Child for: Denmark, Syria, Vietnam (OP on the sale of children) and Kazakhstan, Malta, Vietnam (OP on children and armed conflict). Country-specific reports of this session will soon be available on the CRIN website. During the third week, the Committee held closed meetings in order to take time to draft its recommendations, or "Concluding Observations", to States reporting at this session. Committee members also needed some time to discuss various issues, including: the theme of next year's Day of General Discussion, the drafting of new General Comments (child participation, children and disability, and indigenous children), and the modalities of the forthcoming regional workshops on follow-up to the Committee's Concluding Observations. The Committee wil reconvene in a public meeting tomorrow afternoon, in order to close the 43rd session and present its Concluding Observations. A special CRINMAIL will be sent shortly, including session reports and links to all Concluding Observations. Further information
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