Summary:

This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of all UN Treaty Bodies and their follow-up procedures. This does not include the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child which are available here: http://www.crin.org/resources/treaties/index.asp

Please note that the language may have been edited in places for the purpose of clarity.

• UN Human Rights Committee
• UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
• UN Committee against Torture
• UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
• UN Committee on Migrant Workers
• UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• UN Committee on Enforced Disappearance

UN Human Rights Committee

CCPR/C/79/Add.17
Last reported: 23 / 25 March 1993
Concluding Observations issued: 29 April 1993

Issues raised:

No mentions of children's rights.

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UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Ratified in 1986, but yet to report.

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UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

CERD/C/304/Add.62
Last reported: 18 August 1998
Concluding Observations issued: 20 August 1998

Issues raised:

Human Rights Education: The State party should also supply detailed information on the teaching, educational, cultural and information activities it is carrying out to prevent and combat all forms of racial discrimination and on the activities of the Association nigérienne pour la défense des droits de l’homme (Niger Association for the Protection of Human Rights). (Paragraph 17).

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UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Ratified in 1999, but not yet reported.

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UN Committee against Torture

Ratified in 1998, but not yet reported.

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UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture

No visits made.

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UN Committee on Migrant Workers

 Ratified in 2009, but not yet reported.

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UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Ratified in 2008, but not yet reported.

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UN Committee on Enforced Disappearance

Signed in 2007, but not yet ratified.

Previous UN Treaty Bodies report items

• 04/07/2012: MICRONESIA: Children's Rights in UN Treaty Body Reports
• 03/07/2012: IRAQ: Children's Rights in UN Treaty Body Reports
• 03/07/2012: MAURITANIA: Children's Rights in UN Treaty Body Reports
• 03/07/2012: MAURITIUS: Children's Rights in UN Treaty Body Reports
• 02/07/2012: MALTA: Children's Rights in UN Treaty Body Reports

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Last updated 05/07/2012 15:13:40

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