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Summary: A sub-regional seminar on the implementation of the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 28 to 30 November 2005. Over 150 people from ten South American countries, including Government representatives, members of parliaments, national human rights institutions, international and grass-root NGOs, journalists, UN agencies, and UN experts participated in the event.
A sub-regional seminar on the implementation of the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 28 to 30 November 2005. Over 150 people from ten South American countries, including Government representatives, members of parliaments, national human rights institutions, international and grass-root NGOs, journalists, UN agencies, and UN experts participated in the event. The seminar was organised by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in collaboration with Plan International, UNICEF, the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Government of Argentina. The World Health Organisation, the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Institute of the Child were represented. This large participation fostered the creation of new synergies at the regional level around the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The high level of the resource persons and panellists, the expertise of the participants and the fact that everybody communicated in Spanish, ensured the quality of the debates and the focus on child rights. The Seminar increased visibility in the region of child rights, the Convention, the Committee and its recommendations and provided a framework for the creation and strengthening of regional networks. The recommendations adopted at the end of the Seminar reflect the discussions that took place in the five working groups: the working group on child and adolescent health - the working group on education - the working group on economic and sexual exploitation - the working group on juvenile justice - and the working group on violence. The report, containing a narrative part and the recommendations, will be published shortly in Spanish, English and French. [OHCHR, December 2005] For more information, contact: Read the OHCHR event report.
Committee on the Rights of the Child
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