Communications Procedure: Proposal for a draft optional protocol

Summary: This is the first draft of the Communications Procedure that will be discussed during the next session of the Open Ended Working Group in December 2010. The draft was prepared by the Chairperson-Rapporteur.

See also the NGO Comment on the draft

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The present document is submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 13/3, 2010, in which the Council requested the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Open-ended Working Group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to prepare a proposal for a draft optional protocol to be used as a basis for the forthcoming negotiations.

Document reference number:  A/HRC/WG.7/2/2

Owner: Chair of the Open Ended Working Grouppdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/ChairDraft_OEWG.doc

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