Report on the 2 regional consultation: convention on the rights of the child in east Asia and Pacific
- Bangkok UNICEF. East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office. 1992?
- 83p. Illustrations, tables ; 30 cm
Cover title. Report of the conference held in Beijing, China, on 4-6 August 1992.
Session I and II: Country experiences on Child Rights - Statement of delegations - Cambodia - China - Democratic Republic of Korea - Indonesia - Lao people's democratic Republic - Mongolia - Myannmar - Phillippines - Thailand - Vietnam - Pakistan
Thematic presentation Session III: The convention - An Overview - Linking the convention with NPA
Session IV: International committee on Rights of Child - Reporting system and guidelines of reporting - Role of International community and NGOs
Session V: UN Centre for Human rights: Role in monitoring and implementing the Convention UN special Rapporteurs on children
Session VI: Workgroup discussions and presentation of reports - Group 1: Translating these to national laws and policies - Group 2: Economic affordability / Feasibility issues - Group 3: The Child in the adminstration of Justice - Group 4: Monitoring of Child right issues - Group 5: Transnational issues of child rights
Session VII: Promoting implementation of the Convention through Regional and Bi - lateral Co-operation
Session VIII: Strategies to promote Child Rights
Session X: Concluding statements by heads of delegation
The Second East Asia and the Pacific Regional Consultation on the Convention on the Rights of the Child was organized with the objectives of enabling ratifying states to discuss the reporting guidelines, exchange experiences on how to translate the Convention into national laws, discuss implementations and monitoring issues as well as possible ways to overcome ratification constraints and explore approaches to regional cooperation for the promotion of child survival, protection and development.