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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