10 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION
17 June 2011
Press Release
Committee reviewed the reports of Bahrain, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt and Finland
The Committee on the Rights of the Child on 17 June concluded its three-week fifty-seventh session, adopting its report and issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on 9 reports, from 7 countries.
Regarding the combined third and fourth periodic report of the Czech Republic, the Committee welcomed the adoption of legislative institutional and policy measures, including the new Criminal Code which raised the standard of criminal law protection for children…
10 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF COSTA RICA
10 June 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the fourth periodic report of Costa Rica on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Introducing the report, Manuel B. Dengo, Ambassador to the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations Office at Geneva, highlighted the significant progress the Government had made in bringing its domestic laws in line with the Convention, including the General Law on Childhood in 2002, which protected children without discrimination; the Law for Juvenile Sanctions, which proposed…
10 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF FINLAND
09 June 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the fourth periodic report of Finland on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Introducing the report, Arto Kosonen, Director, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, highlighted the legislative amendments and administrative changes aimed at improving the well-being of children in Finland including the Child Welfare Act in 2008 which emphasised the role of prevention and the new Health Care Act in 2011 with a specific focus on health promotion and early support and care for mental…
10 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF CUBA
08 June 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Cuba on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In presenting the second periodic report of Cuba, Abelardo Moreno, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the promotion and protection of the rights of children was a high priority for the Government though there were still areas that posed challenges, including the process of harmonizing age thresholds across legal acts, where the Government was making major efforts to bring national…
10 years 2 months ago
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS COMMITTEE REVIEWS REPORTS OF EGYPT UNDER CONVENTION AND PROTOCOLS ON INVOLVEMENT IN ARMED CONFLICT AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
07 June 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded its review, undertaken over the course of three meetings, of the third and fourth periodic reports of Egypt on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It also considered the situation of children in Egypt with regard to the involvement of children in armed conflict and regarding the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, in accordance with the two Optional Protocols to the…
10 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF CAMBODIA
03 June 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the combined second and third periodic report of Cambodia on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Introducing the report, Ith Samheng, Minister of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation and President of the Cambodian National Council for Children, said the Cambodian National Council for Children, established in 1995, was the mechanism to monitor, coordinate and provide guidance to the Government on work related to the survival, development, protection and welfare…
10 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF BAHRAIN
01 June 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the combined second and third periodic report of Bahrain on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In presenting the report of Bahrain, Fatema Mohamed Yousif Al Balooshi, Minister of Social Development, noted that the Kingdom of Bahrain was advancing the process of democracy, freedom and prosperity and that the Government was keen to protect the child, childhood and mothers. Bahrain had achieved all the Millennium Development Goals related to children. Recent developments for…
10 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
31 May 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today examined the combined third and fourth periodic report of the Czech Republic on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Introducing the report, Monika Simunkova, Government Commissioner for Human Rights, said an important step the Government had taken towards strengthening the protection of children was a 2007 amendment to the Criminal Justice Act that established a criminal offence for the possession of child pornography. The new Criminal Code, effective as of January…
10 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION
30 May 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its fifty-seventh session, hearing an address by Ms. Wan-Hea Lee, Chief of the Groups in Focus Section, Human Rights Treaties Division Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee also adopted its agenda, elected a new chairman and issued the solemn declaration to six newly elected members.
Ms. Wan-Hea Lee, Chief of the Groups in Focus Section, Human Rights Treaties Division Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that that in February 2011 the Open-Ended…
10 years 6 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION
04 February 2011
Press Release
Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Denmark, Afghanistan, Belarus, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, New Zealand, Ukraine, Singapore and Mexico
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its three-week-long fifty-sixth session and issued its concluding observations and recommendations on the twelve reports from eight countries that it considered over the course of the session.
In closing remarks, Yanghee Lee, the Committee Chairperson, said that the Committee had considered seven reports under the Convention, three initial reports to the Optional…
