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Open-Ended Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to Provide a Communications Procedure

A/HRC/RES/11/1No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 2009.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2009–2010
This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/13/3
  • 2010A/HRC/RES/13/3Open-ended Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to Provide a Communications ProcedureLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2009A/HRC/RES/11/1Open-ended Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to Provide a Communications Procedure

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
Communications ProceduresRights of the ChildTreatiesWorking Groups

What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs
1
Decides to establish an open-ended working group of the Human Rights Council to explore the possibility of elaborating an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to provide a communications procedure complementary to the reporting procedure under the Convention;
2
Also decides that the working group shall hold its first session for five working days in Geneva before the end of 2009, within existing resources;
3
Further decides to invite a representative of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to attend the session of the working group as a resource person and, where appropriate, relevant United Nations special procedures and other relevant independent experts, and also invites them to submit inputs to the working group for its consideration;
4
Requests the working group to submit a report on progress made to the Council for consideration at its thirteenth session.

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