The Committee on the Rights of the Child met for its 61st session from 17 September - 5 October 2012.
More Information on this Session.
Related documents:
- IDA´s disability analysis of the Concluding Observations
- IDA’s proposed recommendations for the Concluding Observations
- Joint submission on Austria by the Austrian National Council of Disabled Persons (OeAR), the European Disability Forum (EDF) and IDA
- Joint submission on Canada by the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL), Inclusion International (II) and IDA
- IDA’s disability analysis of those State reports
Pre-Sessional Working Group
The CRC Committee also adopted list of issues on Armenia, Israel, Lithuania, Monaco, Rwanda and Slovenia, which will shortly be made public on the Committee´s website.
More information on this Pre-Sessional Working Group.
Related documents:
Day of General Discussion
The CRC Committee held a Day of General Discussion on the rights of all children in the context of international migration on 28 September in which IDA participated.
Related documents and links:
- Committee’s website dedicated to the DGD, including background paper and guidelines prepared by the Committee and written submissions received
- IDA’s written submission on the rights of children with disabilities in the context of international migration
General Comment
The CRC Committee issued its first draft of its General Comment on child rights and business and launched a call out for inputs by civil society.
Related documents:
- First draft of the CRC Committee’s GC on child rights and business
- IDA’s submission to the CRC Committee on the first draft
- Further information and NGO submissions are posted on the CRC Committee’s website