The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the body of 18 Independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by its State parties. It also monitors implementation of two Optional Protocols to the Convention, on involvement of children in armed conflict and on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. On 19 December 2011, the UN General Assembly approved a third Optional Protocol on a communications procedure, which will allow individual children to submit complaints regarding specific violations of their rights under the Convention and its first two optional protocols. The Protocol entered into force in April 2014.

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HTMLCountry4 Upcoming Events CRC 83rd Session, Palais Wilson, Ground Floor Conference Room, 20 January to 7 February 2020 Accreditation/Registration 83rd Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, OHCHR, Palais Wilson, 52 Rue des Paquis, 1202 GenevaGround Floor Conference Room, 20 January to 7 February 2020 (Please make sure that you are using one of the following browsers to register: Google Chrome, Mozilla, Firefox, Safari, Edge or Opera) OPSC Guidelines Accreditation/Registration 82nd Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Palais Wilson, Ground Floor Conference Room, 9 to 27 September 2019 (Please make sure that you are using one of the following browsers to register: Google Chrome, Mozilla, Firefox, Safari, Edge or Opera) 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child General Comment on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment Call for comments: Draft Guidelines on the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography Call for comments: Draft Revision of General Comment No. 10 (2007) on Children’s Rights in Juvenile Justice Children Deprived of Liberty – The United Nations Global Study	HTMLCountry5 Recent Events and Developments Joint Statement by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women and the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child – 16 September 2019, 3 to 6 pm, Room XVI, Palais des Nations Follow-up progress report on individual communications CRC 82nd Session, Palais Wilson, Ground Floor Conference Room, 9 to 27 September 2019 NEW: General comment No. 24 on children’s rights in the child justice system Five UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies Demand Global Climate Action CRC input to the 2019 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development The CRC adopts three decisions on individual complaints: 1-2-3 Guidelines on interim measures Informe de la investigación del Comité de los Derechos del Niño relacionada en Chile, relativo a un procedimiento de comunicaciones Day of General Discussion: "Protecting and Empowering Children as Human Rights Defenders" , 28 September 2018 - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Room XVII, Palais des Nations, Geneva 17th Meeting of States parties to the Convention - Elections 2018 CRC adopts decisions on two individual cases (1-2) Launching event of CMW-CRC Joint General Comments on the Human Rights of Children in the Context of International Migration, 18 December 2017, New York CMW and CRC adopt joint general comments on the human rights of children in the context of international migration CMW/C/GC/3-CRC/C/GC/22 CMW/C/GC/4-CRC/C/GC/23 General comment No. 21 (2017) on children in street situations Outcome Report of the DGD and Recommendations Word - PDF Twitter:Statement: UN #ChildRights experts on deaths of 21 girls last night in protest against alleged abuse at crowded #Guatemala child shelter General comment No. 20 (2016) on the implementation of the rights of the child during adolescence Report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (A/71/413) Joint open letter of the Rapporteur and other experts with occasion of UNGA Special session on world drug problem, April 2016
HTMLCountry6 Latest News In dialogue with Hungary, Committee on the Rights of the Child asks about underage marriages and the age of criminal responsibility 23 January 2020 Committee on the Rights of the Child tackles various forms of violence against children in dialogue with Costa Rica 22 January 2020 In dialogue with Belarus, Committee on the Rights of the Child stresses need to address violence against children 21 January 2020 Committee on the rights of the child opens eighty-third session 20 January 2020 UN Child Rights Committee to review Austria, Belarus, Costa Rica, Hungary, Rwanda and State of Palestine 17 January 2020	HTMLCountry7 Ratifications and Reporting Status of ratification by treaty and by country Declarations and reservations World Maps on Ratifications Reporting status by country