Committee on the Rights of the Child
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/20thAnnivCRC.htm
Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Adoption
of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
8 – 9 October 2009 Geneva
Introduction
To mark this anniversary, the Committee of the Rights of the Child and the Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) and other partners will organize a two-day celebration.
The celebration will focus on the theme “Dignity, Development and Dialogue,” and will provide an important opportunity to bring together States parties, United Nations bodies and other intergovernmental organizations, national human rights institutions, international and national non-governmental organizations, children’s and youth groups, academics and all others interested in the CRC.
The celebration will take place in Geneva on Thursday, 8 and Friday, 9 October 2009, in the Centre International de Conférences de Genève (CICG) (rue de Varembé 17, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland)
General information
The meeting has three main objectives:
- To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Convention;
- To highlight three main challenges facing the Convention: ensuring the dignity of the child, providing the child with full possibilities for development and facilitating dialogue between adults and children in accordance with the participatory approach of the Convention; and
- To evaluate the status and implementation of the CRC, after 193 ratifications and 17 years of reporting; and identify priorities for the future taking into consideration the two Optional Protocols to the Convention.
The meeting will consist of presentations in plenary and discussions in workshops which will:
- Identify achievements in implementation and examples of best practice;
- Identify challenges for the future and constraints; and
- Formulate priority recommendations to enhance implementation.
