NGO Alternative Reports to the CRC 36th Session

Reports submitted by NGOs to the Committee on the Rights of the Child are made available on the CRIN website, in partnership with the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child. These reports are known as NGO Alternative Reports.

The reports are submitted in accordance with article 45(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which states that "The Committee may invite the specialised agencies, the United Nations Children's Fund and other competent bodies as it may consider appropriate to provide expert advice on the implementation of the Convention in areas falling within the scope of their respective mandates."

Alternative NGO reports submitted to the 36th Session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning the following countries are available in pdf and word format at the following links:

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LIBERIA

Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, 2nd Floor, 2-12 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9FP, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 20 7713 2761; Fax: +44 20 7713 2794. Email: info@child-soldiers.org; Website: www.child-soldiers.org
English: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.html?ID=4007

Human Rights Watch, Children's Rights Division,
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor, New York, New York 10118, United States. Tel: +1 212 216 1837; Fax: +1 212 736 1300. Email: sommerd@hrw.org; Website: www.hrw.org
English: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.html?ID=3999

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DOMINICA

Christian Children's Fund Inc. Dominica, 16 Bath Road P.O. Box 977 Roseau, Dominica. Tel: +767 448 8817/7230; Fax: +767 449 8006. Email: ccf@cwdom.dm
English: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.html?ID=4018

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SAO TOME & PRINCIPE

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PANAMA

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DPR OF KOREA

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MYANMAR

Forum Asia, 111 Sutthisarnwinichai Road Samsennok, Huaykwang, Bankok, 10320 Thailand. Email: chris@forumasia.org
English: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.html?ID=4001

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 5 Bd du Roi Albert II, B 1210 Brussels, Belgium. Tel: +32(0) 22 240 211; Fax: +32(0) 22 015 815. Email: internetpo@icftu.org; Website: http://www.icftu.org
English: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.html?ID=4026
French: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.html?ID=4027
Spanish: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.html?ID=4028
(please note that these reports are not yet available but will be shortly)

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RWANDA

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EL SALVADOR

3D--Trade-Human Rights-Equitable Economy, Maison des Associations Rue des Savoises 15 1205 Genève, Switzerland. Tel: +41 22 320 21 21; Fax: +41 22 320 69 48. Email: info@3dthree.org; Website: www.3dthree.org
Spanish: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.html?ID=4161
(English is forthcoming)

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FRANCE

Defence for Children International - France, 30 rue Coquillière 75001, Paris, France. Email: DEI-France@globenet.org; Website: http://www.globenet.org/enfant
Français: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.html?ID=4002

Enfant Droit, 129 rue de Rome 13006 Marseille, France. Tel: +334 96126288; Fax: +33 4 91429314. Email: enfant.droit@wanadoo.fr
Français: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.html?ID=4019

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The reports can be searched by country, CRC session or by NGO on the CRIN website. Go to: http://www.crin.org/resources/treaties/CRC.html?catName=International+Treaties&flag=legal&ID=6

For more information, contact:
Laura Theytaz-Bergman
CRC/NGO Liaison Officer
NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child
P.O. Box 88, CH-1211 Geneva 20 - Switzerland
E-mail: NGO-CRC@tiscalinet.ch

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