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Published May 25, 2021, 2:15 PM
Commission on Human Rights
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has joined hands with the international community in commemorating today, May 25, the adoption of two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by the United Nations General Assembly.
CHR Spokesperson and lawyer Jacqueline Ann de Guia explained that the 1st Optional Protocol improves the protection of children in contexts of armed conflict from recruitment and use in hostilities.
The 2nd Optional Protocol, De Guia said, emphasizes the protection of children from trafficking, prostitution, and pornography.
Since they were adopted, the implementation of these two protocols has been gaining momentum all over the world, she said.
OHCHR
GENEVA (14 May 2021) – The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) will hold its upcoming session from 17 May to 4 June, during which it will review Luxembourg and Tunisia.
The two countries are among the 196 States parties to the Child Rights Convention and its Optional Protocols. They are required to undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 18 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Convention, its Optional Protocols, as well as the Committee’s previous recommendations.
The CRC, which has received the respective country reports as well as submissions from non-governmental organizations, will discuss a range of issues with the two State delegations through online public dialogues on the following dates: