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MONITORING CHILD RIGHTS
MONITORING LEVELS
INTERNATIONAL CRC
NATIONALSTATE PARTIES
Reports
Concluding Observations
Alternative Reports NGO’s
and NGO’s
Coalition
Alternative Reports
International organizations, ombudsman,
children
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTSOF THE CHILD Body of 18 independent experts appointed by the UN
General Assembly – Monitors the Convention and two optional protocols)
The Committee will soon be able to consider individual complaints by children (Third optional protocol on a Communications Procedure)
All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports – Initial Report – in 2 years Regular Report – every 5 year
The Committee meets in Geneva and normally holds three sessions per (three-week plenary and a one-week pre-sessional working group)
CRC PROCEDURE
State Party Report
Alternative ReportsInternational organizations,
ombudsman, children
Pre-sessional working group
UN bodies, specialized agencies, NGO’s ombudsman, children
List of Issues To the Government through diplomatic
channels
Presentation of the Report
Open and public meetings to the Committee
Concluding Observations
Introduction, positive aspects, factors and difficulties impeding the implementation, principal subject for concern, suggestion and recommendation addressed for the State Party.
REPORT - CONTENT
a) General measures of implementation (arts. 4, 42 and 44.6);
(b) Definition of the child (art. 1);
(c) General principles (arts. 2, 3, 6 and 12);
(d) Civil rights and freedoms (arts. 7, 8, 13-17 and 37a);
(e) Family environment and alternative care (arts. 5, 18.1, 18.2, 9, 10, 27.4, 20, 21, 11, 19, 39 and 25);
(f) Basic health and welfare (arts. 6.2, 23, 24, 26, 18.3, 27.1, 27.2 and 27.3);
(g) Education, leisure and cultural activities (arts. 28, 29 and 31);
(h) Special protection measures:
(i) Children in situations of emergency (arts. 22, 38 and 39);
(ii) Children in conflict with the law (arts. 40, 37 and 39);
(iii) Children in situations of exploitation, including physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration (arts. 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 39);
(iv) Children belonging to a minority or an indigenous group (art. 30)
CASE STUDY OF SERBIA
May 2007 - Serbia submitted its Initial report, covering the period of 1992 – 2005
In late summer 2007 the Committee invites NGOs to submit an Alternative report – “Shadow report” - Deadline December 2007
December 2007 Shadow reports submitted (Coalition of 16 NGO’s + Children’s Report)
February 2008 – Pre-session in Geneva February 2008 - Committee – List of Questions April 2008 – State Answers May 2008 – Hearings – State Jun 2008 – Committee – Concluding
Observations Next Report 2012
USEFULL TOOLS
Guidelines for CRC reporting 2006 (CRC Committee)
Guidelines for NGO-reporting (NGO group for the CRC)
Implementation Handbook (UNICEF) Excisting Concluding Observations Existing Indicators