OHCHR Thematic reports on children rights

In its resolution 7/29 on the Rights of the Child adopted in March 2008, the Human Rights Council affirmed “its commitment to effectively integrate the rights of the child in its work and that of its mechanisms in a regular, systematic and transparent manner, taking into account specific needs of boys and girls”. It also decided “to incorporate into its programme of work sufficient time, at a minimum an annual full-day meeting, to discuss different specific themes on the rights of the child, including the identification of challenges in the realization of the rights of the child, as well as measures and best practices that can be adopted by States and other stakeholders, and to assess the effective integration of the rights of the child it its work, beginning in 2009”.

Since the adoption of resolution 7/29 the Human Rights Council has held a number of thematic discussions on children’s rights issues and requested OHCHR to prepare studies, reports and summary reports for consideration. This includes the following:

• Study on the protection and promotion of the rights of children working and/or living on the street (May 2012)
• Joint report by OHCHR, UNODC and the SRSG on violence against children on the prevention of violence against children in the juvenile justice system (June 2012)
• Report on the panel on children and the administration of justice (June 2012)
• Report on the rights of juveniles deprived of liberty (August 2012)
• Report on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (December 2012)
• Report on the panel on right of the child to the highest attainable standard of health (April 2013)
• Report on access to justice for children (December 2013)
• Summary of the panel discussion on the human rights of children of parents sentenced to the death penalty or executed (December 2013)
• Report on preventing and eliminating child, early and forced marriage (April 2014)
• Report on the panel on access to justice for children (June 2014)
• Technical Guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce and eliminate preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age (June 2014) - A C E F R S
• Report on birth registration and the right of everyone to recognition everywhere as a person before the law (June 2014)
• Report on the panel discussion on preventing and eliminating child, early and forced marriage - (July 2014)
• Report of the panel discussion on accelerating global efforts to end violence against children (December 2014)
• Towards a better investment in the rights of the child
• Report on the panel on better investment in the rights of the child (June 2015)
• Report on the panel discussion on realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl (July 2015)
• Information and communications technology and child sexual exploitation
• Strengthening existing policies and programmes aimed at universal birth registration and vital statistics development
• Application of the technical guidance on the application of a human rights based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce and eliminate preventable mortality and morbidity of children under five years of age
• Follow up report on investment in the rights of the child
• Impact of the arbitrary deprivation of nationality on the enjoyment of the rights of children
• Protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda