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Innovative procedures

Innovative procedures Innovative procedures THOMAS HAMMARBERG* The work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child No international court can sanction violations against the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. But since February 1991 an elected ten-member expert committee has been monitoring implementation in countries which have ratified. States Parties are required to report to the Committee within two years after ratification and thereafter every five years. By January 1991 57 states had registered as States Parties. At the end of 1992 the total number was 117.1 This means an exceptionally heavy work load on the Committee even from the very beginning, with 57 reports expected before the end of 1993. To avoid the risk of an unfortunate backlog, the Committee decided at its first session that each report should, as a matter of principle, be responded to within one year after submission. This raised the question of the Committee's working conditions, in particular, its possibilities to have meetings. A Request to the General Assembly led to permission to meet twice a year for two or three weeks each time. A pre-sessional preparatory meeting will precede each major session. But further measures will be needed to avoid http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Children's Rights Brill

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Brill
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© 1994 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0927-5568
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1571-8182
DOI
10.1163/157181894X00079
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Innovative procedures THOMAS HAMMARBERG* The work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child No international court can sanction violations against the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. But since February 1991 an elected ten-member expert committee has been monitoring implementation in countries which have ratified. States Parties are required to report to the Committee within two years after ratification and thereafter every five years. By January 1991 57 states had registered as States Parties. At the end of 1992 the total number was 117.1 This means an exceptionally heavy work load on the Committee even from the very beginning, with 57 reports expected before the end of 1993. To avoid the risk of an unfortunate backlog, the Committee decided at its first session that each report should, as a matter of principle, be responded to within one year after submission. This raised the question of the Committee's working conditions, in particular, its possibilities to have meetings. A Request to the General Assembly led to permission to meet twice a year for two or three weeks each time. A pre-sessional preparatory meeting will precede each major session. But further measures will be needed to avoid

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The International Journal of Children's Rights – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1994

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