CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IN 12 COUNTRIES - UN COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD PUBLISHES CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its concluding observations on the States it examined during its sixty-eighth session from 12 to 30 January: Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Turkmenistan, Sweden, Mauritius, Gambia, Tanzania, Jamaica, Uruguay, Colombia, Iraq and Switzerland
The concluding observations can be found here: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=825&Lang=en
These findings contain positive aspects of a respective State’s implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), highlight main areas of concern and detail the Committee’s recommendations. Some of the above States were also reviewed on their record in preventing the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and on the involvement of children in armed conflict.
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To learn more about the Committee on the Rights of the Child, visit: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRC/Pages/CRCIndex.aspx
Convention on the Rights of the Child
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CRC.aspx
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/OPSCCRC.aspx
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/OPACCRC.aspx
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