The Committee on the Rights of the Child met for its 60th session from 29 May - 15 June 2012.
More information on this session.
Disability analysis of the adopted Concluding Observations, IDA’s recommendations for Concluding Observations, and IDA´s disability analysis of the State reports.
General Comment
The CRC Committee launched a call out for inputs by civil society, including DPOs, on their upcoming General Comment on child rights and business. Further Information is available on the CRC Committee's website.
IDA’s submission in response to this request.
Day of General Discussion
The CRC Committee has launched a call for written submissions on the subject of children’s rights in the context of international migration in the lead up to its Day of General Discussion devoted to this topic to be held during the Committee’s 61st session on 28 September 2012. Written submissions on the international legal framework on the rights of children in international migration situations, protection gaps and responsibility of States Parties in countries of origin, transit and destination; national level measures to implement the rights of children in international migration situations in countries of origin, transit and destination; and case studies can be sent to the Committee in English, Spanish and French at crc-dgd [at] ohchr.org. The deadline for written submissions is 10 September 2012. For further information and guidance, please visit the CRC Committee’s website.
Pre-Sessional Working Group
The CRC Committee also held its Pre-sessional Working Group from 18 – 22 June 2012, in which it adopted lists of issues on Andorra, Guinea, Guyana, Malta and Uzbekistan. Disability analysis of the adopted list of issues, IDA’s suggested questions for list of issues and IDA’s disability analysis of the State reports.
To access archives of the webcasted sessions of the CRC Committee, visit www.treatybodywebcast.org.
