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From 11 to 29 January 2010, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (the Committee) is holding its 53rd session. Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) the Committee will examine the State party reports from Mongolia, Paraguay, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Estonia, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Ecuador, El Salvador and Norway. Under the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (OPSC), the Committee will examine the reports of Mongolia, Estonia, Sierra Leone, Ecuador and El Salvador. Under the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (OPAC), it will consider the State party reports of Mongolia, Sierra Leone, Israel, Ecuador and Liechtenstein. Read the full text of opening session here.