Committee on the Rights of the Child

All observers of the Committee session require accreditation to the session. To obtain accreditation, please fill out the accreditation form (available in pdf and Word), sign and send it by fax to 0041-22-917 90 29 or by email to crc@ohchr.org AND aquist@ohchr.org, clearly indicating on the subject line that this is a request for accredication to the 57th session of CRC. In order to ensure the accreditation of participants, all requests for accreditation should reach OHCHR by Monday, 16 May 2011, at the latest. Accreditation will enable participants to obtain a badge from the UN Security Unit, which will permit access to the conference room. The session will take place at Palais Wilson (ground floor conference room), 52 rue de Paquis, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland.

The Committee on the Rights of the Child, in reviewing reports submitted by States Parties, accepts submissions by non-governmental organisations on the implementation of the Convention and the Optional Protocols on reporting States. These submissions can be viewed on the website of the Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) at http://www.crin.org/Alternative-reports/index.asp. Organisations that wish to submit information to the Committee may do so through the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child:

Secretariat
NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child
1, rue de Varembé
CH-1202 Geneva
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 (0) 22 740 4730
Fax : +41 (0) 22 740 1145
Email : secretariat@childrightsnet.org

Consideration of State Reports

The Committee will consider the following State reports during the session:

Note: Schedules are subject to change at short notice

OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT

*E/OR: Written replies are available in English and/or the original language. The list of issues followed by an asterisk are available from the Secretariat.
** Additional statistical information that could not be included in the web version of the written replies is available from the Secretariat

Please note that E l F l S l A l C l R refer to the availability of documents in the official United Nations languages, which are English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian.