The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the second periodic report of Austria on that country’s efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Austria also presented its initial report under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the second periodic report of Luxembourg on that country’s efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report was Alphonse Berns, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the initial report of Albania on that country’s efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Luan Hajdaraga, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Albania, said his country…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the third periodic report of Sweden on that country’s efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Elisabeth Borsiin Bonnier, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United…

Hears Statement by Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights; Observes Minute of Silence in Memory of Victims of Tsunami The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its winter session by hearing an address by the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Mehr Khan…