Guides to Reporting

The following tools have been developed to assist NGOs in understanding and participating in the reporting processes of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its two Optional Protocols:

• Third Edition of the Guide for Non-Governmental Organizations Reporting to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (2006) provides up-to-date information on the procedures for the examination of reports submitted under the Convention and its Optional Protocols. The Guide details how NGOs can submit information to the Committee and participate in the pre-sessional working group meeting.
• Guide for NGOs Reporting to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the implementation of the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (2006) aims at supporting the reporting and monitoring processes under the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. In addition, it provides background information on the drafting of the protocol, a commentary on some of the first States parties’ reports, and information on the initial reporting processes.
• Guide to the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (2003) describes the context surrounding the adoption of the Optional Protocol, key provisions and the legislative processes involved for signature and ratification or accession. The Guide aims to support child rights advocates in generating momentum and supporting the ratification and implementation of the Optional Protocol.
• Reporting on Violence against Children: A thematic guide for Non-Governmental Organizations Reporting to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (2007) are guidelines to help NGOs to include comprehensive information on the incidence of violence in their reports to the Committee. A review of NGO reports previously submitted to the Committee concluded that the NGO information on violence against children was uneven both geographically and thematically, and that there was a need to improve the reporting function.