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Committee on the Rights of the Child reviews the report of Guinea

Committee on the Rights of the Child

18 January 2013

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Guinea on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Committee on the Rights of the Child hears reports of Burkina Faso on Sale of Children and on Children and Armed Conflict

Committee on the Rights of the Child

21 January 2013

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial reports of Burkina Faso on the implementation of the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and on the implementation of the provisions of the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict.

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Burkina Faso + 1 other
Le Comité des droits de l'enfant examine les rapports du Burkina Faso sur l'application des deux Protocoles à la Convention

Comité des droits de l'enfant

21 janvier 2013

Un expert s'inquiète des conséquences du conflit au Mali, qui pourrait entraîner le recrutement d'enfants sur le territoire burkinabé

Le Comité des droits de l'enfant a examiné, aujourd'hui, le rapport du Burkina Faso sur la mise en œuvre des deux Protocoles facultatifs se rapportant à la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant, qui portent respectivement sur l'implication d'enfants dans les conflits armés et sur la vente d'enfants, la prostitution des enfants et la pornographie mettant en scène des enfants.

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Le Comité des droits de l'enfant examine le rapport de la Guinée

Comité des droits de l'enfant

Le Comité des droits de l'enfant a examiné, aujourd'hui, le rapport de la Guinée sur la mise en œuvre des dispositions de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant.

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UN Committee expresses its deep dismay concerning the continuing child executions in Yemen

GENEVA (12 December 2012) – The Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, Jean Zermatten, on Wednesday expressed his deep dismay concerning the execution of a girl, Hind Al-Barti, which took place in Sana’a, Yemen, on 3 December 2012, saying it was a clear violation of a binding UN treaty.

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First UN International Day of the Girl Child, Thursday 11 October 2012 Forced child marriage, slavery like reality in every single region of the world

Joint Statement* by a group of UN human rights experts to mark the first International Day of the Girl Child, Thursday 11 October 2012

GENEVA (11 October 2012) – “Girls who are forced to marry are committed to being in slavery like marriages for the rest of their lives. Girls who are victims of servile marriages experience domestic servitude, sexual slavery and suffer from violations to their right to health, education, non-discrimination and freedom from physical, psychological and sexual violence.

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Committee on the Rights of the Child examines report of Nepal on the sale of children and child prostitution

4 June 2012

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial report of Nepal on its implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

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UN Child Rights Committee appalled at deliberate targeting of children in Syria

GENEVA (31 May 2012) – The Committee on the Rights of the Child on Thursday strongly deplored the massacre that took place in the El Houleh area of Homs in Syria on 25 and 26 May in which at least 108 people, including 49 children, were killed. Most of these children were reportedly under the age of 10. The Committee expressed further alarm at reports by United Nations observers of the continued indiscriminate acts of violence and killings against the civilian population and the increasing number of civilian victims, particularly children.

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Committee on the Rights of the Child to hold sixtieth session in Geneva from 29 May to 15 June 2012

BACKGROUND RELEASE

24 May 2012

Situation of Children’s Rights in Cyprus, Viet Nam, Turkey, Nepal, Australia, Greece and Algeria to be Reviewed

The Committee on the Rights of the Child will meet at the Palais Wilson in Geneva from 29 May to 15 June to review the promotion and protection of children's rights under the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its two Optional Protocols in Cyprus, Viet Nam, Turkey, Nepal, Australia, Greece and Algeria.

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Azerbaijan + 6 others
Committee on Rights of the Child concludes fifty-ninth session

Committee on the Rights of the Child
PROVISIONAL ROUNDUP

3 February 2012

Adopts Concluding Recommendations on Reports of Azerbaijan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar, Madagascar, Togo, Thailand and the Cook Islands

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Le Comité des droits de l'enfant a clos les travaux de sa cinquante-neuvième session

Comité des droits de l'enfant
COMMUNIQUÉ FINAL

3 février 2012
PROVISOIRE

Il a examiné des rapports sur l'Azerbaïdjan, le Myanmar, Madagascar, le Togo, la Thaïlande, les Îles Cook et la République démocratique du Congo

Le Comité des droits de l'enfant a terminé aujourd'hui, à Genève, les travaux de sa cinquante-neuvième session, qui s'était ouverte le 16 janvier.

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Committee on the Rights of the Child considers report of Madagascar

20 January 2012

The Committee on the Rights of the Child has considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Madagascar on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Committee on the Rights of the Child examines report of Myanmar

19 January 2012

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Myanmar on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Committee on the Rights of the Child examines report of Democratic Republic of Congo on children involved in armed conflict

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the report of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on how that country is implementing the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on children involved in armed conflict.

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Le Comité des droits de l'enfant examine le rapport de la Républic démocratique du Congo sur l'implication d'enfants dans les conflits

18 janvier 2012

Le Comité des droits de l'enfant a examiné, cet après-midi, le rapport initial présenté par la République démocratique du Congo sur la mise en œuvre dans ce pays des dispositions du Protocole facultatif à la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant qui traite de l'implication d'enfants dans les conflits armés.

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Committee on the Rights of the Child examines reports of Azerbaijan on sale of children and on children involved in armed conflict

18 January 2012

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the reports of Azerbaijan on how that country is implementing the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and on children involved in armed conflict.

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Azerbaijan + 1 other
Committee on the Rights of the Child review report of Azerbaijan

17 January 2012

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the fourth periodic report of Azerbaijan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Committee on the Rights of the Child opens fifty-ninth session

16 January 2012

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its fifty-ninth session, hearing an address by Kyung-wha Kang, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda.

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Committee on Rights of the Child holds fifty-ninth session in Geneva from16 January to 3 February 2012

Committee on the Rights of the Child
BACKGROUND RELEASE

12 January 2012

Situation of Children’s’ Rights in Azerbaijan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, Madagascar, Togo, Thailand, Cook Islands and Niue to be reviewed

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Joint statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, the Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and the Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Joint statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais, the Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, Najat Maalla M’jid and the Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Jean Zermatten