15 January 2004 : CRINMAIL 540 : Special Edition on the 35th Session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. **************************************************************************** ***** - COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD: Committee on Rights of Children Opens its 35th Session [press release] - COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD: States Parties' Reports to the Committee on the Rights of the Child [reports] - NGO ALTERNATIVE REPORTS [publications] **************************************************************************** ***** Your submissions are welcome if you are working in the area of child rights. To contribute, email us at info@crin.org. Please note that we are unable to respond to emails addressed to crinmail_english@domeus.co.uk Adobe Acrobat is required for viewing some of the documents, and if required can be downloaded from www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html **************************************************************************** ***** - COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD: Committee on Rights of Children Opens its 35th Session [press release] [GENEVA, 12 January 2004] - The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its winter session by hearing an address by acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand Ramcharan. It also adopted its agenda and programme of work. In his opening address, Mr. Ramcharan told the 18-member Committee that its recommendation on working in two chambers had been presented to the General Assembly which had been receptive. However, at this stage, no consensus had been reached to endorse the idea. One of the main challenges to overcome was the important financial implication that this innovative working method would imply. Mr. Ramcharan said that during 2004, the Committee would increase its work on the two new Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child as it was expected to receive soon several initial reports under those Protocols. He said it was very encouraging to see that the ratification rates of those instruments were progressing rapidly. As of today, 67 States parties had ratified the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflicts; and 69 had ratified the one on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. At the beginning of the meeting, Committee Chairperson Jacob Egbert Doek announced the death last year of Adam Lopatka of Poland, the former Chairperson of the working group on the drafting of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. He paid homage to Mr. Lopatka's work. During its three-week session, the Committee will consider reports from Indonesia, Guyana, Armenia, Germany, the Netherlands (including Aruba), India, Papua New Guinea, Slovenia and Japan on their efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention. The Committee is also scheduled to discuss its draft general comment on the administration of juvenile justice The Secretary of the Committee, Paulo David, announced that since its inception, the Committee had received 269 reports and had so far considered 218 reports. The Convention was ratified by 192 countries. [Source: OHCHR. For the full story, go to: http://www.unog.ch/news2/documents/newsen/crc04002e.htm] --------------------------------------------------- - COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD: States Parties' Reports to the Committee on the Rights of the Child [reports] The 35th Session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child takes place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 12 to 30 January 2004. States Parties reports being considered are listed below. Guyana http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.8.Add.47.En?OpenDocument [Available in English, French and Spanish] Papua New Guinea http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.28.Add.20.En?OpenDocument [English, French and Spanish] Germany http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.83.Add.7.En?OpenDocument [English and Spanish] Slovenia http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.70.Add.19.En?OpenDocument [English, French and Spanish] Japan http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.104.Add.2.En?OpenDocument [English, French and Spanish] India http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.93.Add.5.En?OpenDocument [English] Indonesia http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.65.Add.23.En?OpenDocument [English, French, Spanish] Additional Report for Indonesia http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc/doc/info/ai-indonesia-2.pdf [English] Armenia http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.93.Add.6.En?OpenDocument [English, French, Spanish] Netherlands http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.117.Add.1.En?OpenDocument [English, French, Spanish] Aruba (Netherland) http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.117.Add.2.En?OpenDocument [English, French, Spanish] Information about this session is available at: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc/doc/session35.htm - This link includes all the country documentation for the Committee's 35th session, including: States Parties Reports, lists of issues, States' written replies to the lists of issues, delegation lists and statements, as well as the Committee's concluding observations. It will be updated on a daily basis during the session. There are daily press releases about each state party's session available at the following: http://www.unog.ch/search/startpress.asp?category=CRC&Action=Go&lang=&Search String=Press For more information, contact: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Committee on the Rights of the Child 8-14 Avenue de la Paix, CH 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland. Tel: 00 41 22 917 9000; Fax: 00 41 22 917 9022; Email: khemmerich@ohchr.org or jmermet@ohchr.org Website: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc/ See also: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3888&flag=event --------------------------------------------------- - NGO ALTERNATIVE REPORTS [publications] Reports submitted by NGOs to the Committee on the Rights of the Child are made available on the CRIN website, in partnership with the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child. These reports are known as NGO Alternative Reports. The reports are submitted in accordance with article 45(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which states that "The Committee may invite the specialised agencies, the United Nations Children's Fund and other competent bodies as it may consider appropriate to provide expert advice on the implementation of the Convention in areas falling within the scope of their respective mandates." The reports can be searched by country, CRC session or by NGO on the CRIN website. Go to: http://www.crin.org/resources/treaties/CRC.asp?catName=International+Treatie s&flag=legal&ID=6 For more information, please contact: Laura Theytaz-Bergman CRC/NGO Liaison Officer NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child P.O. Box 88, CH-1211 Geneva 20 - Switzerland E-mail: NGO-CRC@tiscalinet.ch Alternative NGO reports submitted to the 35th Session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning the following countries are available in pdf and word format at the following links. Very large files can be downloaded in two parts in either format. ------------------- GUYANA Red Thread, 72 Princess & Adelaine Street, Charlestone, Guyana. Email: thread@sdnp.org.gy http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3785 [English] ------------------- GERMANY National Coalition for the Implementation of the CRC in Germany, Mühlendamm 3, 10178 Berlin, Germany. Tel: 00 49 (0) 30 400 40 200; Fax: 00 49 (0) 30 400 40 232; Email: national-coalition@agj.de; Website: www.agj.de http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3768 [English] Catholics For a Free Choice, 1436 U Street, NW, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20009, United States. Tel: 1(202)986-6093; Fax: 1(202)332-7995; Website: www.catholicsforchoice.org http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3779 [English] ------------------- SLOVENIA South East European Child Rights Action Network, Metelkova 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Tel: 00 386 1 438 5250; Fax: 00 386 1 432 3383; Email: info@seecran.org; Website: www.seecran.org http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3775 [English] ------------------- JAPAN Japan Federation of Bar Associations, 1-3 Kasumigaseki, 1-Chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013, Japan. Tel: 0081-3-3580-9841; Fax: 0081-3-3580-2866; Email: kouhou@michibenren.or.jp http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3773 [English] Commitee for NGO Reporting on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Japan), C/o Federation for the Protection of Children's Human Rights, Chiyoda-ku Sarugaku-cho 2-3-1-401, Tokyo 101-0064, Japan. Tel: +81-3-5281-3455; Fax: +81-3-5281-3455; Email: yujihirano@nifty.com http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3774 [English] ------------------- INDIA Concerned for Working Children, 303/2 L.B. Shastri Nagar, Vimanapura post, Bangalore 560017, India. Tel: 00 91 80 523 4611; Fax: 00 91 80 523 4258; Email: cwc@pobox.com; Website: www.workingchild.org http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3769 [English] Asian Center for Human Rights, P.O. Box 9627, Janakpuri, New Delhi 110058, India. Tel: +91-11-25503624; Fax: +91-11-25620583; Email: suhaschankma@hotmail.com http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3770 [English] CORE, Kana Kadripuram, Yerrampeta Post, Koyyalagudem Mandal, WG dt Andhra Pradesh ? 534312, India. Tel: 00 91 98821 237535; Email: coremanipur@coremanipur.org ; Website: www.coremanipur.org http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3771 [English] India Alliance for Child Rights, A64, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi 110049, India. Tel: 0091 11 265 16276; Fax: 0091 11 243 26025; Email: wecan@bol.net.in; Website: www.all4children.org http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3786 [English] Human Rights Watch, Children's Rights Division, 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor, New York, New York 10118 , United States. Tel: 00 1 212 216 1837 ; Fax: 00 1 212 736 1300; Email: sommerd@hrw.org http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3787 [English] ------------------- INDONESIA Indonesian NGO Coalition for CRC Monitoring, P.O. Box 1230, Jogjakarta 55162, Indonesia. Tel: 0062-274-381101; Fax: 0062-274-381101; Email: samin@yogya.wasantara.net.id http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3772 [English] ------------------- ARMENIA National Center for Democracy and Human Rights, 7 Vardanants Str., apt. #39, Yerevan 375010, Armenia, Tel: +374-1-523925; Fax: +374-1-523925; Email: cdhr@netsys.am http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3866 [English] ------------------- NETHERLANDS International Commission of Jurists: Dutch section , Hugo de Grootstraat 27, 2311 XK Leiden, Netherlands. Tel: 071 527 77 48; Fax: 071 527 77 48; Email: NJCM@law.leidenuniv.nl http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3776 [English] Dutch NGO Coalition for Children's Rights , c/o Defence for Children International - Section Netherlands, PO box 75297, 1070 AG Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: 00 31 20 420 3771; Fax: 00 31 20 420 3832; Email: info@defenceforchildren.nl Part 1: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3780 [English] Part 2: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3781 [English] Part 3: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3782 [English] ------------------- ARUBA Asociacion Trabao de Hubentud na Aruba , Caya Appeldam 2, Dakota, Aruba. Tel: 00297-582-3773; Fax: 00297-583-4290; Email: atha@setarnet.aw; Website: www.athaaruba.org http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=3778 [English] ------------------- Archives of previous NGO Alternative Reports are also available at: http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/treaties/crc.25/annex-vi-crin.shtml For more information, contact: NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child c/o Defence for Children International, 1 rue de Varembé, P.O. Box 88, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland. 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