First session of the open-ended Working Group to explore the possibility of elaborating an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child

First session

In pursuance of paragraph 3 of resolution A/HRC/RES/11/1, the first session of the working group was held from 14 to 18 December 2009, in Room XX of the Palais des Nations (Geneva).

Documentation

Report of the open-ended working group A/HRC/13/43
English - French - Spanish - Russian - Chinese - Arabic

Provisional agenda
English - French - Spanish - Russian - Chinese - Arabic

Programme of work

Submission made by expert Ms. Nevena Vučković

Submission made by expert Mr. Peter Newell

Submission made by expert Ms. Najat Maalla M'jid

Submission made by expert Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro

Submission made by expert Jean Zermatten

Submission made by expert Yanghee Lee

Submission made by expert Marta Santos Pais

Submission made by ENOC

Joint Submission presented by International Catholic Child Bureau (ICCB)*, International Save the Children Alliance*, Kindernothilfe*, Plan International, Inc.*, SOS Children's Villages International*, International Federation Terre des Hommes (IFTDH)*, World Vision International *, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)* and the Child Rights Information Network (CRIN), the Global Initiative to End Corporal Punishment, the NGO Group for the CRC, Youth Empowerment Alliance, Inc.

Background documents:

General Comment n° 12: The right of the child to be heard
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General Comment n° 10: Children’s rights in Juvenile Justice
E | F | R | S | C | A

Comparative summary of existing communications and inquiry procedures and practices under international human rights instruments and under the United Nations system: Report of the Secretary - General (E/CN.4/2005/WG.23/2)
E F S A C R

Complaint Procedures (Rev.1)
Arabic and corrigendum l Chinese l English l French l Russian l Spanish

General comments n° 5 General measures of implementation for the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Participants

The working group is open-ended. This means that all UN Member and Observer States, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations with ECOSOC consultative status may attend public meetings of the working group.