Summary:

The Committee will examine reports from Angola | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Burundi | Guatemala | Montenegro | Nicaragua | Sierra Leone | Spain| Sri Lanka | Sudan.

 The 55th Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child will take place from 9 September to 1 October 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Committee will examine reports from Angola, Burundi, Guatemala, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Spain, Sri Lanka and Sudan on their implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. 

In addition, the Committee will review reports on the implementation of the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (OPSC) for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Nicaragua and Sierra Leone and reports on the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (OPAC) for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka and Sudan.

A special CRC news page devoted to the activities of the Committee on the Rights of the Child has been set up on the CRIN website in partnership with the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The page provides summaries of the Committee sessions by country, UN press releases, NGO press releases, information about the Day of General Discussion, Decisions, General Comments and other activities of the Committee.

States Parties reports submitted by governments to the Committee on the Rights of the Child are available in English, French and Spanish on the website of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Word and PDF formats.

Alternative Reports submitted by NGOs to the Committee on the Rights of the Child are made available on the CRIN website in partnership with the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The reports can also be searched by country, Committee session or by organisation. Note that alternative reports are posted on the CRIN website as they are received.

Further information

• Information on the 55th session on the OHCHR website
• Programme of Work for the session (not yet available)
  
• Provisional agenda (not yet available)
• CRC news page on the CRIN website
• CRIN information page on the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Previous CRC Session items

• 25/05/2010: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: Session 54
• 25/05/2010: La 54ème session du Comité des droits de l'enfant
• 11/01/2010: 53ème Session du Comité des Droits de l'Enfant
• 11/01/2010: 53rd session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
• 14/09/2009: 52nd session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Last updated 17/08/2010 09:07:09