GENEVA (10 October 2014) - The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has hailed the decision to award the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize jointly to Pakistani children’s education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi. Committee Chair Kirsten Sandberg...

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Croatia, Fiji, Hungary, Morocco, Singapore and Venezuela The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its sixty-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Croatia...

GENEVA (4 September 2014) – How children use, benefit from and can also be harmed by digital media will be the focus of discussions organised by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva on Friday 12 September. The Day of General Discussion on “Digital media and children’s...

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Saint Lucia and United Kingdom The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its sixty-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined second to fourth periodic report of Saint Lucia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Presenting the report, Alvina Reynolds, Minister for Health, Wellness, Human Services and...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today completed its consideration of the combined third and fourth periodic reports of Indonesia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Presenting the report, Linda Gumelar, Minister for Women’s Empowerment and...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today completed its consideration of the combined third and fourth periodic report of India on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the initial reports of India on how the country is implementing the Optional...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning considered the initial report of the United Kingdom on how the country implements the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. John O’...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Kyrgyzstan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Presenting the report, Kudaibergen Bazarbaev, Minister of Social Development of Kyrgyzstan,...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today completed its consideration of the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of Jordan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the initial reports of Jordan on how the country is implementing the...