Summary:

This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does not include reports of child specific Special Procedures, such as the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, which are available as separate reports.

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

Requested visits:

• Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression  (request in 2003 renewed in 2005)
• Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion (requested in 2004)
• Special Rapporteur on the right to food (requested in 2003)
• Special Rapporteur on torture (requested in 2005, 2007 and 22/12/2010)
• Special Rapporteur on enforced, summary or arbitrary executions (requested on 22 November 2010)

Previous Special Procedure report items

• 28/01/2013: MALTA: Children's rights in the UN Special Procedures' reports
• 08/01/2013: UZBEKISTAN: Children's rights in UN Special Procedures' reports
• 20/12/2012: MADAGASCAR: “Poverty and impunity have increased contemporary forms of slavery,” warns UN Exper
• 09/11/2012: GUYANA: Children's Rights in the UN Special Procedures' Reports
• 09/11/2012: RWANDA: Children's Rights in the UN Special Procedures' Reports

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Last updated 14/02/2013 12:03:20

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