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• CRC Committee Session moved to Palais des Nations
• Call for Submissions: CRC General Comment on Child Rights and the Business Sector
• PRESS RELEASE: CRC Committee Speaks Out on Syria
• TIME TO CELEBRATE - The new Optional Protocol to the CRC on a complaints procedure is officially adopted by the UN.
• Third Committee approval of the new OPCRC: one step away from final adoption by the UN General Assembly!
• The third OP to the CRC on a communications procedure has been adopted by the Human Rights Council!
• Opening of the 59th Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
• Opening Address by a Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to the CRC Committee
• Opening of the 57th Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
• Opening of the 56th Session on the Committee on the Rights of the Child
• CRC ELECTIONS 2010: Interviews with candidates
• UN Human Rights Council holds its Annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child
• Opening of the 53rd session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
• UNICEF dedicates special website to the 20th anniversary of the CRC
• Children's rights and protection concerns run the risk of being in a waiting slot... We can not afford to fail
• The Committee concluded its 52nd session by adopting its recommendations
• 20th Anniversary Celebration of the CRC
• The Council held dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on slavery and the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children
• Committee opens its 52nd session: 14 September- 2 October
• Human Rights Council held dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
• Human Rights Council held dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
• Human Rights Council held dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
• Human Rights Council held dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
• New Tactics in Human Rights: Join online dialogue on Using Shadow Reports for Advocacy. August 26-September 1, 2009
• The Human Rights Council will hold its 12th session from 14 September to 2 October 2009
• Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children-Submitted to the UN General Assembly
• The text of the General Comment on article 12 is now available
• CRC Committee has adopted its concluding observations for the 51st session
• Working Group on Children and Violence invites Ms. Marta Santos Pais, the SRSG to exchange common views and strategies
• Committee opens its 51st session, 25 May- 12 June 2009
• Rio Declaration and Call for Action released in English and Portuguese
• UN CRC General Comment on Indigenous Children- now in 5 languages
• Secretary-General appoints Marta Santos Pais as Special Representative on Violence against Children
• Upcoming visits of UN Special Rapporteurs
• The HRC adopted resolution on the implementation of the CRC and its OPs
• Side event on integrating the rights of the child in the UPR process
• HRC: Panel Discussion on Promoting the Implementation of the CRC at International Level
• New: Concept paper on the annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child
• Human Rights Council will hold a full-day meeting on child rights
• General Comment no 11: Indigenous Children and their Rights under the Convention
• New: Concluding observations of CRC's 50th session
• The Committee on the Rights of the Child holds its 50th session from 12 to 30 January 2009
• Recommendations of the 2008 Day of General Discussion of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
• Results of the 2008 CRC elections
• UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Resolution adopted by Third Committee
• SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: Children are more than just victims
• CRC COMMITTEE: Country reports from the 49th Session
• 3 October 2008 - the Concluding Observations on the CRC are adopted by the Committee
• New High Commissioner opens the 49th session of the CRC
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