Open-ended Working Group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Second session
In pursuance of paragraph 2 of resolution A/HRC/RES/13/3, the second session of the Open-ended Working Group took place from 6 to 10 December 2010 and from 10 to 16 February 2011.
Documentation
| Title | Languages |
|---|---|
| Report of the second session of the Open-ended Working Group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child | English - French - Chinese |
| Revised proposal for a draft optional protocol prepared by the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Open-ended Working Group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to provide a communications procedure | English - French - Spanish - Russian - Chinese - Arabic |
| Proposal for a draft optional protocol prepared by the Chairperson of the Working Group | English - French - Spanish - Russian - Chinese - Arabic |
| Comments by the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the proposal for a draft optional protocol | English - French - Spanish - Russian - Chinese - Arabic |
| Agenda | English - French - Spanish - Russian - Chinese - Arabic |
| Joint NGO submission | English - French - Spanish - Arabic |
| Comments by ENOC | English |
| Briefing on collective communications | English - French - Spanish - Arabic |
| Programme of work for the second part of the session | English |
| Programme of work for the first part of the session | English |
| Drafting proposals on some articles made by delegations during the first part of the session Article 2 | English |
| Drafting proposals on some articles made by delegations during the first part of the session Article 3 | English |
| Drafting proposals on some articles made by delegations during the first part of the session Article 4 | English |
| Submission by Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Special Rapporteur on the rights of the child | English |
| ICC Position Paper on the Revised proposal | English |
| Joint NGO submission on the revised draft Optional Protocol | English |
| NCHR Commentary | English |
Statements
Opening statement by the High Commissioner
Participants
The working group is open-ended. This means that all UN Member and Observer States, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations with ECOSOC consultative status may attend public meetings of the working group.