Elects New Bureau after Four New Committee Members Make the Solemn Declaration The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its eighty-first session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva. Four new Committee members made the solemn declaration, and the Committee then elected its new…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Bahrain, Belgium, Czech Republic, Guinea, Italy, Japan and Syria The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its eightieth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Bahrain,…

Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Mauritania, El Salvador, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Niger, Benin, and Saudi Arabia The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its seventy-ninth session, after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Argentina, Angola, Algeria, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Lesotho and Norway The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its seventy-eighth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Guatemala, Marshall Islands, Palau, Panama, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Spain and Sri Lanka The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its seventy-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations…

Committee on the Rights of the ChildCOMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSION The Committee on the Rights of the Child opened its seventy-seventh session this morning, hearing an address by Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, and…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Cyprus, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Ecuador, Guinea, Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, and Vanuatu The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its seventy-sixth session after adopting its concluding…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Antigua and Barbuda, Bhutan, Cameroon, Lebanon, Mongolia, Qatar, Romania and the United States The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its seventy-fifth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on…

GENEVA (20 April 2017) – The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has called for accountability for the reprehensible acts being committed against children in Syria. “Yet again, children are bearing the brunt of horrific attacks in Syria,” said Committee Chair Benyam Dawit Mezmur,…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Barbados, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Estonia, Georgia, Malawi, Serbia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its seventy-fourth session after adopting its…