2012 Concluding Observations of Committee on the Rights of the Child

The Committee welcomes Australia’s fourth periodic report, submitted in accordance with the reporting guidelines of the Committee, as well as the written replies to its list of issues. The Committee appreciates the constructive dialogue with the State party’s multisectorial delegation. Download below. For

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Australian Government Initial Report under the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography

The Optional Protocol was developed to protect children from the worst forms of commercial sexual exploitation. It further elaborates some of the important protections for children contained in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (the Convention). UNICEF estimates

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Australian Government Initial Report under the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Forces

Published in October 2008. The Australian Government is pleased to present to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Australia’s Initial Report under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of

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Guide for Non-Government Organisations reporting to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the implementation of the Original Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography

Published in 2006. The United Nations reporting guide for Non-Government Organisations reporting to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the implementation of the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornogrpahy is available

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NGO Report on the Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Australia

Published in May 2005. This non-government report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child responds to the Australian Government’s Combined Second and Third Reports and makes recommendations to further Australia’s compliance with the United Nations Convention

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UNICEF Guide to the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict

The UNICEF reporting guide for the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the implementation of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict is available below for download. Download. For more information, please contact Amy Lamoin at

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