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NGO Alternative Reports submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child

The networking of international NGOs to participate in the drafting process and later monitoring and promotion of the Convention on the Rights of the Child had a profound impact not seen before in human rights history. National NGOs not customarily involved in human rights have also joined forces to promote the rights of children and to hold their governments accountable in a manner laid out in the Convention.

From Allen, Denise (1999), Networking in the NGO Community, University of Ghent International Interdisciplinary Course on Children's Rights

Here you will find a list of NGO alternative reports submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, alongside a list of initial and second periodic reports considered by the Committee. We provide links to the NGO alternative reports -- all existing and public reports submitted to the Committee on the Convention of the Rights of the Child by NGOs and NGO Coalitions. This report below is adapted from Annexes VI and VII in "Report of the twenty-seventh session," CRC/C/108.

Instructions for searching for reports to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child:

NGO alternative reports can be searched by country, session or by organisation.
The initial and second periodic reports submitted by State Parties, as well concluding observations adopted by the Committee can be read in full on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. To locate reports, type in the report symbol of the report in 'Treaty Bodies Database Search', and then click "Go". The treaty bodies database contains all documents issued since 1992 by the six committees established to monitor the implementation of the principal international human rights treaties (also referred as "treaty monitoring bodies" or "treaty bodies"). This includes Committee on the Rights of the Child. The database contains the full-text documents in English, French and Spanish.

The copyright of the NGO alternative reports are retained by the authors and use thereof must be duly acknowledged. The database is the property of the Liaison Unit of the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child and is managed by that unit. For further information or other enquiries please contact the Liaison Unit at dci-ngo.group@pingnet.ch.

	State party reports	Observations adopted by the Committee	NGO Alternative reports
Third Session (January 1993)
Bolivia	CRC/C/3/Add.2	CRC/C/15/Add.1	Defence for Children International - Bolivia NGO Group for the CRC Defence for Children International - Bolivia
Sweden	CRC/C/3/Add.1	CRC/C/15/Add.2
Viet Nam	CRC/C/3/Add.4 and 21	CRC/C/15/Add.3
Russian Federation	CRC/C/3/Add.5	CRC/C/15/Add.4
Egypt	CRC/C/3/Add.6	CRC/C/15/Add.5
Sudan	CRC/C/3/Add.3	CRC/C/15/Add.6 (preliminary)
Fourth Session (September - October 1993)
Indonesia	CRC/C/3/Add.10	CRC/C/15/Add.7 (preliminary)
Peru	CRC/C/3/Add.7	CRC/C/15/Add.8
El Salvador	CRC/C/3/Add.9 and 28	CRC/C/15/Add.9
Sudan	CRC/C/3/Add.3 and 20	CRC/C/15/Add.10
Costa Rica	CRC/C/3/Add.8	CRC/C/15/Add.11
Rwanda	CRC/C/8/Add.1	CRC/C/15/Add.12 (preliminary)
Fifth Session (January 1994)
Mexico	CRC/C/3/Add.11	CRC/C/15/Add.13	Internatinal Federation of Human Rights Mexican Collective in Support of Children
Namibia	CRC/C/3/Add.12	CRC/C/15/Add.14
Colombia	CRC/C/8/Add.3	CRC/C/15/Add.15 (preliminary)	OMCT/SOS-Torture
Romania	CRC/C/3/Add.16	CRC/C/15/Add.16	Save the Children - Romania
Belarus	CRC/C/3/Add.14	CRC/C/15/Add.17
Sixth Session (April 1994)
Pakistan	CRC/C/3/Add.13	CRC/C/15/Add.18	Human Rights Commission of Pakistan OMCT/SOS-Torture
Burkina Faso	CRC/C/3/Add.19	CRC/C/15/Add.19	Mouvement Burkinab� des droits de l'homme et des peuples
France	CRC/C/3/Add.15	CRC/C/15/Add.20	Defence for Children International - International Secretariat Defence for Children International - International Secretariat Conseil Francais Des Associatins Pour Les Droits De L'enfant
Jordan	CRC/C/8/Add.4	CRC/C/15/Add.21	NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Chile	CRC/C/3/Add.18	CRC/C/15/Add.22
Norway	CRC/C/8/Add.7	CRC/C/15/Add.23	Red Barna
Seventh Session (September - October 1994)
Honduras	CRC/C/3/Add.17	CRC/C/15/Add.24	COIPRODEN
Indonesia	CRC/C/3/Add.10 and 26	CRC/C/15/Add.25	OMCT/SOS-Torture
Madagascar	CRC/C/8/Add.5	CRC/C/15/Add.26	Solidarite Madagascar Suisse OMCT/SOS-Torture
Paraguay	CRC/C/3/Add.22	CRC/C/15/Add.27 (preliminary)
Spain	CRC/C/8/Add.6	CRC/C/15/Add.28
Argentina	CRC/C/8/Add.2 and 17	CRC/C/15/Add.35 (adopted at the eighth session)	Los Organismos No Gubernamentales
Eighth Session (January 1995)
Philippines	CRC/C/3/Add.23	CRC/C/15/Add.29	OMCT/SOS-Torture NGO Coalition for monitoring the CRC
Colombia	CRC/C/8/Add.3	CRC/C/15/Add.30	Human Rights Watch
Poland	CRC/C/8/Add.11	CRC/C/15/Add.31	Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
Jamaica	CRC/C/8/Add.12	CRC/C/15/Add.32	Human Rights Watch Jamaica Coalitin on the Rights of the Child
Denmark	CRC/C/8/Add.8	CRC/C/15/Add.33	Danish Centre for Human Rights
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	CRC/C/11/Add.1	CRC/C/15/Add.34	Committee on the Administration of Justice/The Northern Ireland Civil Liberties Council Committee on the Administration of Justice/The Northern Ireland Civil Liberties Council Children's Rights Development Unit Quaker United Nation Office Geneva OMCT/SOS-Torture Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Development Unit
Ninth Session (May - June 1995)
Nicaragua	CRC/C/3/Add.25	CRC/C/15/Add.36	Nicaragua Coordinator of NGO's Coordinadora de ONG's qe trabaja con la ninez
Canada	CRC/C/11/Add.3	CRC/C/15/Add.37	Canadian Coalition for the Rights of the Children Inter Church Committee for Refugees Inter Church Committee for Refugees Canadian Coalition for the Rights of the Children
Belgium	CRC/C/11/Add.4	CRC/C/15/Add.38	Defence for Children International - Belgium
Tunisia	CRC/C/11/Add.2	CRC/C/15/Add.39
Sri Lanka	CRC/C/8/Add.13	CRC/C/15/Add.40	World Organisation Against Torture NGO Forum on the Rights of the Child
Tenth Session (October - November 1995)
Italy	CRC/C/8/Add.18	CRC/C/15/Add.41	Telefono Azzurro - Italy
Ukraine	CRC/C/8/Add.10/Rev.1	CRC/C/15/Add.42	All Ukranian Committee for Human Rights
Germany	CRC/C/11/Add.5	CRC/C/15/Add.43	National Coalition - Germany National Coalition - Germany National Coalition fur die Umsetzung de UN kinderrechtskonvention Internation Federation Terre des Hommes
Senegal	CRC/C/3/Add.31	CRC/C/15/Add.44	DEI - Senegal
Portugal	CRC/C/3/Add.30	CRC/C/15/Add.45	CIVITAS
Holy See	CRC/C/3/Add.27	CRC/C/15/Add.46
Eleventh Session (January 1996)
Yemen	CRC/C/8/Add.20	CRC/C/15/Add.47	Yemeni Coalition for Children's Rights
Mongolia	CRC/C/3/Add.32	CRC/C/15/Add.48
Yugoslavia	CRC/C/8/Add.26	CRC/C/15/Add.49
Iceland	CRC/C/11/Add.6	CRC/C/15/Add.50	Barnaheill Icelandic Save the Children Barnaheill Icelandic Save the Children
Republic of Korea	CRC/C/8/Add.21	CRC/C/15/Add.51
Croatia	CRC/C/8/Add.19	CRC/C/15/Add.52	Savez Drustava "Nasa Djeca" - Our Children
Finland	CRC/C/8/Add.22	CRC/C/15/Add.53	Defense for Children International - Finland Central Union for Child Welfare Central Union for Child Welfare in Finland
Twelfth Session (May - June 1996)
Lebanon	CRC/C/18/Add.23	CRC/C/15/Add.54	Lebanese Union for Child Welfare Coordination Forum of the NGO's working among the Palestine Community National Report of Lebanese Associations and NGO's
Zimbabwe	CRC/C/3/Add.35	CRC/C/15/Add.55	Save the Children - UK
China	CRC/C/11/Add.7	CRC/C/15/Add.56	Tibetan Youth Congress and Tibetan Youth Assoc Europe Human Rights in China Human Rights Watch /Asia Campaign Free Tibet Campaign Free Tibet Tibet Bureau
Nepal	CRC/C/3/Add.34	CRC/C/15/Add.57	World Organisation Against Torture
Guatemala	CRC/C/3/Add.33	CRC/C/15/Add.58	Human Rights Watch PRODEN ADT Quart Monde World Organisation Against Torture
Cyprus	CRC/C/8/Add.24	CRC/C/15/Add.59
Thirteenth Session (September - October 1996)
Morocco	CRC/C/28/Add.1	CRC/C/15/Add.60
Nigeria	CRC/C/8/Add.26	CRC/C/15/Add.61	Child Welfare League of Nigeria Child Welfare League of Nigeria
Uruguay	CRC/C/3/Add.37	CRC/C/15/Add.62
United Kingdom (Hong Kong)	CRC/C/11/Add.9	CRC/C/15/Add.63	Hong Kong Committee on Children's Rights Hong Kong Committee on Human Rights Hong Kong Committee on Children's Rights Hong Kong Human Rights Commission
Mauritius	CRC/C/3/Add.36	CRC/C/15/Add.64	Federation of Pre-School Playgroups Save the Children - Mauritius
Slovenia	CRC/C/8/Add.25	CRC/C/15/Add.65	Members of the Slovenian UNICEF Committee in cooperation with NGO's in Slovenia
Fourteenth Session (6 - 24 January 1997)
Ethiopia	CRC/C/8/Add.27	CRC/C/15/Add.66	NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Myanmar	CRC/C/8/Add.9	CRC/C/15/Add.67	Human Rights Watch/Asia
Panama	CRC/C/8/Add.28	CRC/C/15/Add.68
Syrian Arab Republic	CRC/C/28/Add.2	CRC/C/15/Add.69	Human Rights Watch/Middle East
New Zealand	CRC/C/28/Add.3	CRC/C/15/Add.70	Action for Children in Aotearoa Action for Children in Aotearoa
Bulgaria	CRC/C/8/Add.29	CRC/C/15/Add.71
Fifteenth Session (20 May - 6 June 1997)
Cuba	CRC/C/8/Add.30	CRC/C/15/Add.72	Coalition of Cuban American Women
Ghana	CRC/C/3/Add.39	CRC/C/15/Add.73	NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Bangladesh	CRC/C/3/Add.38 and 49	CRC/C/15/Add.74	Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum
Paraguay	CRC/C/3/Add.22 and 47	CRC/C/15/Add.75
Algeria	CRC/C/28/Add.4	CRC/C/15/Add.76
Azerbaijan	CRC/C/11/Add.8	CRC/C/15/Add.77
Sixteenth Session (22 September - 19 October 1997)
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	CRC/C/8/Add.32	CRC/C/15/Add.78	Save the Children - UK
Australia	CRC/C/8/Add.31	CRC/C/15/Add.79	Refugee Council for Australia
Uganda	CRC/C/3/Add.40	CRC/C/15/Add.80	Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Project Uganda Child's Rights NGO Network
Czech Republic	CRC/C/11/Add.11	CRC/C/15/Add.81	Czech Helsinki Committee
Trinidad and Tobago	CRC/C/11/Add.10	CRC/C/15/Add.82	YMCA of Trinidad and Tobago with the assisatance of other NGO's
Togo	CRC/C/3/Add.42	CRC/C/15/Add.83
Seventeenth Session (5 - 23 January 1998)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	CRC/C/28/Add.6	CRC/C/15/Add.84
Ireland	CRC/C/11/Add.12	CRC/C/15/Add.85	Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Children's Rights Alliance Republic of Ireland Children's Rights Alliance Republic of Ireland Children's Rights Alliance Republic of Ireland
Micronesia (Federated States of)	CRC/C/28/Add.5	CRC/C/15/Add.86
Eighteenth Session (19 May - 5 June 1998)
Hungary	CRC/C/8/Add.34	CRC/C/15/Add.87	Human Rights Watch
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	CRC/C/3/Add.41	CRC/C/15/Add.88
Fiji	CRC/C/28/Add.7	CRC/C/15/Add.89
Japan	CRC/C/41/Add.1	CRC/C/15/Add.90	Federation for the Protection of Children's Human Rights
Maldives	CRC/C/8/Add.33 and 37	CRC/C/15/Add.91
Luxembourg	CRC/C/41/Add.2	CRC/C/15/Add.92
Nineteenth Session (21 September - 9 October 1998)
	Initial reports
Ecuador	CRC/C/3/Add.44	CRC/C/15/Add.93
Iraq	CRC/C/41/Add.3	CRC/C/15/Add.94
Thailand	CRC/C/11/Add.13	CRC/C/15/Add.96
Kuwait	CRC/C/8/Add.35	CRC/C/15/Add.97
	Second periodic reports
Bolivia	CRC/C/65/Add.1	CRC/C/15/Add.95
Twentieth Session (11 - 29 January 1999)
	Initial reports		National Coalition for the impementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Austria	CRC/C/11/Add.14	CRC/C/15/Add.98
Belize	CRC/C/3/Add.46	CRC/C/15/Add.99
Guinea	CRC/C/3/Add.48	CRC/C/15/Add.100	Haiti coalition for the Protection of Children's Rights
	Second periodic reports
Sweden	CRC/C/65/Add.3	CRC/C/15/Add.101	Radda Barnen
Yemen	CRC/C/70/Add.1	CRC/C/15/Add.102
Twenty-first Session (17 May - 4 June 1999)
	Initial reports
Barbados	CRC/C/3/Add.45	CRC/C/15/Add.103
St. Kitts and Nevis	CRC/C/3/Add.51	CRC/C/15/Add.104
Benin	CRC/C/3/Add.52	CRC/C/15/Add.106	Coalition Nationale pour les droits de l'enfant au Benin
Chad	CRC/C/3/Add.50	CRC/C/15/Add.107
	Second periodic reports
Honduras	CRC/C/65/Add.2	CRC/C/15/Add.105
Nicaragua	CRC/C/65/Add.4	CRC/C/15/Add.108
Twenty-second Session (20 September - 8 October 1999)
	Initial reports
Venezuela	CRC/C/3/Add.54 and 59	CRC/C/15/Add.109
Vanuatu	CRC/C/28/Add.8	CRC/C/15/Add.111	World Vision International Pacific Development Group
Mali	CRC/C/3/Add.53	CRC/C/15/Add.113
Netherlands	CRC/C/51/Add.1	CRC/C/15/Add.114
	Second periodic reports
Russian Federation	CRC/C/65/Add.5	CRC/C/15/Add.110	Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Division Human Rights Watch
Mexico	CRC/C/65/Add.6	CRC/C/15/Add.112
Twenty-third Session (10 - 28 January 2000)
	Initial reports
India	CRC/C/28/Add.10	CRC/C/15/Add.115	Human Rights Watch/Asia Campaign Against Child Labour Centre for Organisation Research and Education (CORE)
Sierra Leone	CRC/C/3/Add.43	CRC/C/15/Add.116
The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia	CRC/C/8/Add.36	CRC/C/15/Add.118
South Africa	CRC/C/51/Add.2	CRC/C/15/Add.122	National Children's Rights Committee
Armenia	CRC/C/28/Add.9	CRC/C/15/Add.119
Grenada	CRC/C/3/Add.55	CRC/C/15/Add.121
	Second periodic reports
Peru	CRC/C/65/Add.8	CRC/C/15/Add.120	Groupo de Inciativa Nacional por los Derecho del Nino Gin - Peru
Costa Rica	CRC/C/65/Add.7	CRC/C/15/Add.117
Twenty-fourth Session (15 May-2 June 2000)
	Initial reports
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	CRC/C/41/Add.5	CRC/C/15/Add.123
Georgia	CRC/C/41/Add.4/Rev.1	CRC/C/15/Add.124	Georgia NGO CRC Coordinative Council
Kyrgyzstan	CRC/C/41/Add.6	CRC/C/15/Add.127	NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Cambodia	CRC/C/11/Add.16	CRC/C/15/Add.128	OMCT/SOS Tortura NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Malta	CRC/C/3/Add.56	CRC/C/15/Add.129
Suriname	CRC/C/28/Add.11	CRC/C/15/Add.130	Stichting Sanamaro Esa
Djibouti	CRC/C/8/Add.39	CRC/C/15/Add.131
	Second periodic reports
Jordan	CRC/C/70/Add.4	CRC/C/15/Add.125	NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Norway	CRC/C/70/Add.2	CRC/C/15/Add.126
Twenty-fifth Session (18 September- 6 October 2000)
	Initial reports
Burundi	CRC/C/3/Add.58	CRC/C/15/Add.133	Defense des Enfant International - Burundi
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Isle of Man)	CRC/C/11/Add.19 and Corr.1	CRC/C/15/Add.134
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Overseas Territories)	CRC/C/41/Add.7 and 9	CRC/C/15/Add.135
Tajikistan	CRC/C/28/Add.14	CRC/C/15/Add.136	NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Central African Republic	CRC/C/11/Add.18	CRC/C/15/Add.138
Marshall Islands	CRC/C/28/Add.12	CRC/C/15/Add.139
Slovakia	CRC/C/11/Add.17	CRC/C/15/Add.140	Defence for the Children Internatonal - Slovakia NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Comoros	CRC/C/28/Add.13	CRC/C/15/Add.141
	Second periodic reports
Finland	CRC/C/70/Add.3	CRC/C/15/Add.132	Central Union for Child Welfare Finish League of Human Rights Rights of the Children Registered Association
Colombia	CRC/C/70/Add.5	CRC/C/15/Add.137	NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child Human Rights Watch

Twenty-sixth Session (8-26 January 2001)
	Initial reports
Latvia	CRC/C/11/Add.22	CRC/C/15/Add.142	Save the Children - Latvia
Liechtenstein	CRC/C/61/Add.1	CRC/C/15/Add.143
Lithuania	CRC/C/11/Add.21	CRC/C/15/Add.146
Lesotho	CRC/C/11/Add.20	CRC/C/15/Add.147	NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Saudi Arabia	CRC/C/61/Add.2	CRC/C/15/Add.148
Palau	CRC/C/51/Add.3	CRC/C/15/Add.149
Dominican Republic	CRC/C/8/Add.40 and 44	CRC/C/15/Add.150
	Second periodic reports
Ethiopia	CRC/C/70/Add.7	CRC/C/15/Add.144
Egypt	CRC/C/65/Add.9	CRC/C/15/Add.145	NGO Coalition on the Rights of the Child - The Egyptian General Society for Child Protection
Ethiopia	CRC/C/70/Add.7	CRC/C/15/Add.144
Twenty-seventh Session (21 May- 8 June 2001)
	Initial reports
Democratic Republic of the Congo	CRC/C/3/Add.57	CRC/C/15/Add.153	Le Groupe de Travail
C�te d’Ivoire	CRC/C/8/Add.41	CRC/C/15/Add.155	Forum des ONG aide � l'enfance en difficult�
Bhutan	CRC/C/3/Add.60	CRC/C/15/Add.157	Bhutanese Refugee Support Group
Oman	CRC/C/78/Add.1