UN: Committee on the Rights of the Child concludes 62nd session

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Summary: On 1 February, the Committee on the Rights of the Child closed its 62nd session, issuing its Concluding Observations to seven States and adopting four General Comments.

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its sixty-second session and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports presented by Guyana, United States, Malta, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Niue, Philippines and Slovakia under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its two Optional Protocols.

The Committee’s concluding observations and recommendations will be available next week and you can find them in CRIN's CRC news section.

In the meantime, you can view summaries of the individual reviews, together with the alternative reports submitted by NGOs ahead of the session:


General Comments

During the session, the Committee also adopted four General Comments on the right of the child to have his/her interests assessed and taken as a primary consideration; the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health; the rights of the child on state obligations regarding the impact of business enterprises on children’s rights; and the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities.

  • Details of these General Comments again will be available next week.


Rules of procedure

In addition, the Committee adopted the rules of procedures for the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure. More to follow.


Next session

The next session of the Committee will take place from 27 May to 14 June to review the reports of Armenia, Rwanda and Uzbekistan under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict.

The Committee will also review the periodic reports of Guinea-Bissau, Slovenia and Israel under the Convention.


Further Information



pdf: http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=12966&L...

Country: 
Burkina Faso
Guinea
Niue [New Zealand]
Philippines
United States
Issues: 
Child participation
Children and the media
Children with disabilities
Children working and living on the street
Emergency relief
Environment and habitat
Gender and girls
Minority or indigenous children
Refugee and unaccompanied children
Children living with HIV/AIDS
Attachment Link: 
http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=12966&LangID=E
Tags: 
Individual cases of violations
Reporting to and monitoring the CRC
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