UN: Committee on Rights of Child GA Report 2008

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Summary: Annual report submitted by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to the 63rd session of the General Assembly. The report covers the work of the Committee in the last year.

CONTENTS

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I. ORGANIZATIONAL AND OTHER MATTERS ............................ 1 - 6 1
A. States parties to the Convention ................................................. 1 - 2 1
B. Sessions of the Committee ......................................................... 3 1
C. Membership and officers of the Committee ............................... 4 - 5 1
D. Adoption of the report ................................................................ 6 2

II. REPORTS BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 44
OF THE CONVENTION, ARTICLE 8 OF THE OPTIONAL
PROTOCOL ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF CHILDREN IN
ARMED CONFLICT AND ARTICLE 12 OF THE OPTIONAL
PROTOCOL ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD
PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ......................... 7 - 27 2

A. Submission of reports ................................................................. 7 - 9 2
B. Consideration of reports ............................................................. 10 - 11 2
C. Progress achieved: trends and challenges of the
implementation process .............................................................. 12 - 27 5

III. OVERVIEW OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE
COMMITTEE .................................................................................... 28 - 41 9

A. Methods of work ......................................................................... 28 - 32 9
B. International cooperation and solidarity for the
implementation of the Convention ............................................. 33 - 39 10
C. General thematic discussions ...................................................... 40 - 41 14

Annexes
I. Membership of the Committee on the Rights of the Child ....................................... 15
II. General comment No. 8 (2006) ................................................................................ 17
III. General comment No. 9 (2006) ................................................................................ 30
IV. General comment No. 10 (2007) .............................................................................. 53

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pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/Comittee_GA_Report2008.pdf

Organisation: 
UN OHCHR - Committee on the Rights of the Child
Articles: 
Article 1: Definition of a child
Article 2: Non-discrimination
Article 3: Best interests of the child
Article 4: Implementation of rights
Attachment Link: 
http://www.crin.org/docs/Comittee_GA_Report2008.pdf
Web: 
http://www.un.org/ga/63/agenda/D-humanrights.shtml
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