9 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF THAILAND
25 January 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child has reviewed the combined third and fourth periodic report of Thailand on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Santi Promphat, Minister of Social Development and Human Security of Thailand, told the Committee that new laws had been passed on areas such as nationality, domestic violence, anti-trafficking of persons, juvenile justice, and the promotion of child and youth development. Thailand was currently implementing universal healthcare coverage, and had successfully decreased child…
9 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD REVIEWS REPORTS OF THAILAND ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN AND ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT
25 January 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the reports of Thailand 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 the involvement of children in armed conflict.
Gehad Madi, Committee Expert acting as Rapporteur for the report of Thailand on the Optional Protocol on children in armed conflict, welcomed the new law raising the legal age for military recruitment to 18, but asked for…
9 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF TOGO ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
24 January 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the report of Togo on how that country is implementing the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
Pilar Nores, the Committee Expert acting as Rapporteur for the report of Togo under the Optional Protocol, said Togo had taken many positive initiatives to improve the lives of children, but their focus was quite scattered. There was a need for an efficient coordination mechanism…
9 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HEARS REPORT OF TOGO
23 January 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the combined third and fourth periodic report of Togo on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Yacoubou Koumadjo Hamadou, Minister of Arts and Culture of Togo, said that Togo had a population of 6.1 million, of which 48 per cent were children, and while there were challenges to overcome, it was committed to working towards the happiness and welfare of its children to meet the objectives of the Convention and its Optional Protocols. To date reforms included various items of…
9 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HEARS REPORT OF MADAGASCAR
20 January 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child has considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Madagascar on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Rakotomaharo Rajemison, Permanent Representative of Madagascar to the United Nations Office at Geneva, reading out the statement of the Minister of Justice who could not attend, said Madagascar had been shaken by two political crises in 2002 and in 2009 but remained committed to the promotion and protection of children’s rights. The Convention had superiority over domestic…
9 years 7 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF MYANMAR
19 January 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Myanmar on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Presenting the report, U Maung Wai, Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that Myanmar had entered a new era. Just two days ago the Government of Myanmar had ratified the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. New Government bodies on social affairs, education, health promotion and a National…
9 years 7 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF AZERBAIJAN ON SALE OF CHILDREN AND ON CHILDREN INVOLVED IN ARMED CONFLICT
18 January 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the reports of Azerbaijan 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 Azerbaijan, which was led by Hijran Huseynova, Head of the State Committee on Family, Women and Children’s Affairs of Azerbaijan, said the training of officials on the Convention and its Optional Protocols…
9 years 7 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO ON CHILDREN INVOLVED IN ARMED CONFLICT
18 January 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the report of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on how that country is implementing the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on children involved in armed conflict.
Marie-Therese Kenge Ngomba Tshilombayi, Cabinet Director at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said the rights of children had been seriously harmed during the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in which millions of…
9 years 7 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF AZERBAIJAN
17 January 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the fourth periodic report of Azerbaijan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Presenting the report, Hijran Huseynova, Head of the State Committee on Family, Women and Children’s Affairs of Azerbaijan, said that despite the difficulties that Azerbaijan had faced during its journey to independence the Government was fully committed to ensuring children’s rights in all spheres. In a country where 300,000 children were refugees or internally displaced persons and where…
9 years 7 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS FIFTY-NINTH SESSION
16 January 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its fifty-ninth session, hearing an address by Kyung-wha Kang, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda.
Ms. Kang said that at long last children had joined the ranks of fully-fledged rights-holders empowered to bring their complaints about violations of their rights to an international body. That empowerment happened on 19 December 2011 when the General Assembly approved a new Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which established a…
