UN child rights experts issue findings on Nauru, Sierra
Leone, New Zealand, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Suriname
GENEVA (7 October 2016) – The UN Committee on the Rights
of the Child has published its findings on the following countries which it
examined during its latest session from 13 to 30 September in Geneva: Nauru,
Sierra Leone, New Zealand, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Suriname.
The findings cover how the respective State is doing with
regard to children’s rights, detailing positive developments, main areas of
concern, and recommendations for action.
The findings, officially known as concluding observations, can be found
here:
The Committee on the Rights of the Child is composed of
18 international independent experts, who monitor implementation of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified to date by 196 States. They
also monitor implementation of the Optional Protocol on the sale of children,
child prostitution and child pornography (OPSC) and the Optional Protocol on
the involvement of children in armed conflict (OPAC), ratified by 173 States and 165 States
respectively.
The Committee will next meet from 16 January to 3
February 2017 when it is due to review Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Central
African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Estonia, Georgia, Malawi,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Serbia. More information here:
ENDS
For more information and media requests, please
contact: Liz Throssell
ethrossell@ohchr.org / 41 22 917 94 66 / 41 79 752 0488
Background
Members of the CRC are independent human rights experts
drawn from around the world, who serve in their personal capacity and not as
representatives of States parties. The Committee’s concluding observations are
an independent assessment of States’ compliance with their human rights
obligations under the treaty. To learn more about the Committee on the Rights
of the Child: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRC/Pages/CRCIndex.aspx
Convention on the Rights of the Child (ratified to date
by 196 States):
Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography (ratified to date by 173 States):
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/OPSCCRC.aspx
Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed
conflict (ratified to date by 165 States):
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/OPACCRC.aspx
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