Sessions
The Committee meets in New York twice per year for a duration of three weeks. The week following the close of each
session is reserved for the Work- ing Group which establishes the agenda for the next meeting. The Committee is
serviced by the UN Division for the Advancement of Women which is based in New York.
For more information see the OHCHR web-site: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/cedw.htm
3.7 Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
The Committee on the Rights on the Child was established under the Con- vention on the Rights of the Child. It
comprises 10 independent members elected for a four-year term.
The main function of the Committee is to monitor the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
based on examination of State reports in close cooperation with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF),
specialized agencies and other competent bodies (including NGOs).
Reporting procedure
States parties are required to submit reports to the Committee two years after becoming parties to the Convention,
and thereafter every five years, on meas- ures taken to give effect to the rights in the Convention and on the
progress made in the enjoyment of children’s rights.
The pre-sessional working groups comprising all members of the Committee meet in closed meeting at the end of each
session to consider reports sched- uled for the next session. Its mandate is to identify those areas in the reports
which require clarification or raise concerns and to prepare a list of issues for transmission to States parties.
States provide written replies to be considered in conjunction with the report.
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