9 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF GREECE
06 June 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the combined second and third periodic report of Greece on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Ioannis Georgakopoulos, General Director for European and International Educational Affairs, Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs of Greece, said that the Government had taken important steps to uphold children’s rights, amend existing legislation, and improve current structures. Free education was guaranteed to every child living in Greece and enrolment to…
9 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HEARS REPORT OF AUSTRALIA
05 June 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning concluded its review of the fourth periodic report of Australia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Introducing the report, Peter Woolcott, Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that Australia had made considerable progress in improving its national approach to protecting and promoting children’s rights since 2008. This included the institution of the National Children’s Commissioner, introduction of the first national paid parental…
9 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF AUSTRALIA ON SALE OF CHILDREN AND ON CHILDREN INVOLVED IN ARMED CONFLICT
05 June 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the reports of Australia on how that country is implementing the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and on children involved in armed conflict.
The delegation of Australia, led by Peter Woolcott, Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations at Geneva, said that the Government was aware that Australia was a destination country for victims of trafficking,…
9 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF NEPAL ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN AND CHILD PROSTITUTION
04 June 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial report of Nepal on its implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
Introducing the report, Balananda Paudel, Secretary of the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, said that new and important pieces of legislation had been promulgated to safeguard children’s interest, while the 2012 National Policy on Children aimed at reducing the vulnerability of…
9 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF TURKEY
01 June 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the combined second and third periodic report of Turkey on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Introducing the report, Fatma Sahin, Minister of Family and Social Policies of Turkey, said that constitutional and legal amendments in 2008 and in 2010 had identified the obligations of the State concerning the rights of the child and the protection of the family and had strengthened the constitutional infrastructure in this regard. Turkey had established the National Child Strategy…
9 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF VIET NAM
31 May 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the combined third and fourth periodic report of Viet Nam on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Presenting the report, Doan Mau Diep, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Viet Nam, said the threefold increase in gross domestic product raised Viet Nam from the group of poorest countries to the group of low, middle-income countries. The public healthcare network had been strengthened, the poverty rate decreased, life expectancy increased and universal…
9 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF CYPRUS
30 May 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the combined third and fourth periodic report of Cyprus on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Presenting the report, George Papageorgiou, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, said Cyprus was traditionally a child-centred society with a strong family focus. Regrettably the Government of Cyprus was not able to ensure universal application of children’s rights to all children throughout the territory, due to the fact that since 1974 the Government…
9 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS ITS SIXTIETH SESSION
29 May 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its sixtieth session, hearing an address by Marcia Kran, the Director of the Research and Right to Development Division at the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, and adopting its agenda.
In her address, Ms. Kran reviewed important developments of interest to the Committee since its last session. The new Optional Protocol on a communications procedure was opened for signature in a ceremony in Geneva on 28 February 2012. It was hoped that the ten ratifications necessary for the Protocol to enter into…
9 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTY-NINTH SESSION
06 February 2012
Press Release
Issues Concluding Recommendations on Reports of Azerbaijan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar, Madagascar, Togo, Thailand and the Cook Islands
The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded its fifty-eighth session on 3 February, adopting its report and issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on 12 country reports from seven countries: six on the main Convention, the initial report of the Cook Islands and the periodic reports of Azerbaijan, Madagascar, Myanmar, Thailand and Togo; three initial reports of Azerbaijan, Thailand and Togo under the Optional…
9 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE COOK ISLANDS
26 January 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the initial report of the Cook Islands on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Nandi Glassie, Minister of Health of the Cook Islands, said the Cook Islands were a small, developing Pacific island nation of 15 islands and 11,000 people. Tourism was the main economic activity, with an estimated 100,000 visitors in 2011. The two greatest development challenges for the Cook Islands were providing basic services and development opportunities in each island, and the…
