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NGO Alternative Reports submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child

The networking of international NGOs to participate in the drafting process and later monitoring and promotion of the Convention on the Rights of the Child had a profound impact not seen before in human rights history. National NGOs not customarily involved in human rights have also joined forces to promote the rights of children and to hold their governments accountable in a manner laid out in the Convention.

From Allen, Denise (1999), Networking in the NGO Community, University of Ghent International Interdisciplinary Course on Children's Rights

Here you will find a list of NGO alternative reports submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, alongside a list of initial and second periodic reports considered by the Committee. We provide links to the NGO alternative reports -- all existing and public reports submitted to the Committee on the Convention of the Rights of the Child by NGOs and NGO Coalitions. This report below is adapted from Annexes VI and VII in "Report of the twenty-seventh session," CRC/C/108.

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NGO alternative reports can be searched by country, session or by organisation.
The initial and second periodic reports submitted by State Parties, as well concluding observations adopted by the Committee can be read in full on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. To locate reports, type in the report symbol of the report in 'Treaty Bodies Database Search', and then click "Go". The treaty bodies database contains all documents issued since 1992 by the six committees established to monitor the implementation of the principal international human rights treaties (also referred as "treaty monitoring bodies" or "treaty bodies"). This includes Committee on the Rights of the Child. The database contains the full-text documents in English, French and Spanish.

The copyright of the NGO alternative reports are retained by the authors and use thereof must be duly acknowledged. The database is the property of the Liaison Unit of the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child and is managed by that unit. For further information or other enquiries please contact the Liaison Unit at dci-ngo.group@pingnet.ch.

Forty-first Session (9-27 January 2006)
Consideration of State reports
Country of origin	State party reports reference	Observations adopted by the Committee	NGO Alternative reports
Azerbaijan	Second Periodic Report CRC/C/83/Add.13		League on Defense of Child's Rights of the Azerbaijan Republic Azerbaijan NGO Alliance for Child Rights Azerbaijan NGO Alliance for Child Rights (on juvenile justice)
Ghana	Second Periodic Report CRC/C/65/Add.34		Ghana NGO Coalition on the Rights of the Child
Hungary	Second Periodic Report CRC/C/70/Add.25		Family, Child, Youth Association
Liechtenstein	Second Periodic Report CRC/C/136/Add.2
Lithuania	Second Periodic Report CRC/C/83/Add.14		Save the Children Lithuania
Mauritius	Second Periodic Report CRC/C/65/Add.35		Mauritius Save the Children Fund
Peru	Third Periodic Report CRC/C/125/Add.6		Grupo de Iniciativa Nacional por los Derechos del Nino [Español]
Saudi Arabia	Second Periodic Report CRC/C/136/Add.1
Thailand	Second Periodic Report CRC/C/83/Add.15
Trinidad and Tobago	Second Periodic Report CRC/C/83/Add.12
Consideration of Optional Protocols
Country of origin	State party reports reference	Observations adopted by the Committee	NGO Alternative reports
Andorra	CRC/C/OPAC/AND/1
Bangladesh	CRC/C/OPAC/BGD/1
Italy (OPAC)	CRC/C/OPAC/ITA/1		Gruppo di lavoro per la Convenzione sui diritti dell'infanzia e dell'adolescenza
Kazakhstan (OPSA)	CRC/C/OPSA/KAZ/1		Kazakhstan NGOs' Working Group 'on Protection of Children Rights'
Morocco (OPSA)	CRC/C/OPSA/MAR/1		Foundation Terre des Hommes - Lausanne [Français]
Switzerland	CRC/C/OPAC/CHE/1
Fortieth Session (12-30 September 2005)
Country of origin	State party reports reference	Observations adopted by the Committee	NGO Alternative reports
China ( with Hong-Kong SAR and Macau SAR)	CRC/C/83/Add.9		Human Rights Watch International Campaign for Tibet Tibet Justice Center Children's Council Working Committee Society for Community Organisation and Hong Kong Human Rights Commission Hong Kong Committee on Children's Rights Human Rights in China
Trinidad and Tobago	CRC/C/83/Add.12		The Trinidad and Tobago Coalition on the Rights of the Child
Uganda	CRC/C/65/Add.33		Human Rights Watch: - Report on HIV/AIDS Programmes - Report on Abduction and Recruitment - Summary Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Uganda Child Rights NGO Network - NGO Complementary Report to First Periodic Report - Addendum Forest Peoples Programme and United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda
Russian Federation	CRC/C/125/Add.5		Coalition of Russian NGOs
Denmark	CRC/C/129/Add.2		National Council for Children Denmark: - Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child - Children's Vision: Supplementary report to Denmark's third periodic report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child The Collaborating Group on the Children's Convention in Denmark
Australia	CRC/C/129/Add.4		Defence for Children International - Australia Catholics For a Free Choice
Finland	CRC/C/129/Add.5		Lastensuojelun Keskusliitto
Algeria	CRC/C/93/Add.7		Centre d'Information et de Documentation sur les Droits de l'Enfant et de la Femme (French)
Thirty-Ninth Session (16 May-3 June 2005)
Country of origin	State party reports reference	Observations adopted by the Committee	NGO Alternative reports
Ecuador	CRC/C/65/Add.28	CRC/C/15/Add.261	Foro Ecuatoriano permanente de organizaciones por y con los Ninos, Ninas y Adolescentes - [Summary in English] [Summary in Spanish] CLADEM - English / Spanish
Bosnia and Herzegovina	CRC/C/11/Add.28	CRC/C/15/Add.259	Human Rights Watch European Roma Rights Centre [Summary] Nasa Djeca Sarajevo Zdravo da ste Banja Luka
Nepal	CRC/C/65/Add.30	CRC/C/15/Add.260	Child Workers in Nepal Concerned Centre [Summary] National Alliance of Child Rights Organisations Asian Center for Human Rights
Philippines	CRC/C/65/Add.31	CRC/C/15/Add.258	Catholics For a Free Choice Children's NGO Network [Summary] 3D - Trade - Human Rights Philippines NGO Coalition on the CRC [Update to 2nd supplementary report]
Norway	CRC/C/129/Add.1	CRC/C/15/Add.262 CRC/C/OPSA/CO/3	Forum for barnekonvesjonen
Nicaragua	CRC/C/125/Add.3	CRC/C/15/Add.264	Federación Coordinadora Nicaraguense de ONGs que trabaja con la ninez y la Adolescencia - English / Spanish CLADEM - Spanish / Summary in English
Mongolia	CRC/C/65/Add.32	CRC/C/15/Add.263	National Coalition of NGOs of the Rights of the Child
Yemen	CRC/C/129/Add.2	CRC/C/15/Add.266	Yemen National NGO Coalition - English / Arabic
Saint Lucia	CRC/C/28/Add.23	CRC/C/15/Add.257
Costa Rica	CRC/C/125/Add.4	CRC/C/15/Add.265	Coordinadora de organizaciones sociales para la defensa de los derechos de la ninez y adolescencia - [Conclusions]
Thirty-Eighth Session (10-28 January 2005)
Country of origin	State party reports reference	Observations adopted by the Committee	NGO Alternative reports
Albania	CRC/C/11/Add.27	CRC/C/15/Add.249	Children's Human Rights Centre of Albania
Austria	CRC/C/83/Add.8	CRC/C/15/Add.251	National Coalition for the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - English / German Catholics for a Free Choice
Sweden	CRC/C/125/Add.1	CRC/C/15/Add.248	ECPAT Sweden Save the Children Sweden Swedish NGO Network for Children's Rights
Bolivia	CRC/C/125/Add.2	CRC/C/15/Add.256	Defence for Children International - Spanish Cladem - English / Spanish Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture
Luxembourg	CRC/C/104/Add.5	CRC/C/15/Add.250	Coalition Nationale pour les Droits de l'Enfant Luxembourg - French Action des Chrétiens pour l'abolition de la torture - English / French
Togo	CRC/C/65/Add.27	CRC/C/15/Add.255	Collectif des ONGs de Protection des Droits de l'Enfant au Togo - French Human Rights Watch
Nigeria	CRC/C/70/Add.24	CRC/C/15/Add.257	Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect Nigeria
Belize	CRC/C/65/Add.29	CRC/C/15/Add.252	National Organisation for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Bahamas	CRC/C/8/Add.50	CRC/C/15/Add.253	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Iran, Islamic Republic of	CRC/C/104/Add.3	CRC/C/15/Add.254	Society for Protecting the Rights of the Child Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Bahá'í International Community
Thirty-Seventh Session (13 September - 1 October 2004)
Country of origin	State party reports reference	Observations adopted by the Committee	NGO Alternative reports
Botswana	CRC/C/51/Add.9	CRC/C/15/Add.242	Botswana Council of non-Governmental Organizations Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers 3D - Trade - Human Rights - Equitable Economy
Antigua and Barbuda	CRC/C/28/Add.22	CRC/C/15/Add.247	Professional organization for Women in Antigua/Barbuda - English Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Bahamas	CRC/C/8/Add.50	(Postponed to Session 38)	(Postponed to Session 38)
Equatorial Guinea	CRC/C/11/Add.26	CRC/C/15/Add.245	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Brazil	CRC/C/3/Add.65	CRC/C/15/Add.241	ANCED Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Angola	CRC/C/3/Add.66	CRC/C/15/Add.246	Rede Crian�a - English Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Human Rights Watch
Iran, Islamic Republic of	CRC/C/104/Add.3	(Postponed to Session 38)	(Postponed to Session 38)
Kyrgyzstan	CRC/C/104/Add.4	CRC/C/15/Add.244	Youth Human Rights Group Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture (OMCT)
Croatia	CRC/C/70/Add.23	CRC/C/15/Add.243	Centre for Social Policy Initiatives - English / Croatian Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

Thirty-Sixth Session (17 May - 4 June 2004)
Country of origin	State party reports reference	Observations adopted by the Committee	NGO Alternative reports
Liberia	CRC/C/28/Add.21	CRC/C/15/Add.236	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Human Rights Watch, Children's Rights Division
Dominica	CRC/C/8/Add.48	CRC/C/15/Add.238	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Christian Children's Fund Inc - Domenica
Sao Tome & Principe	CRC/C/8/Add.49	CRC/C/15/Add.235	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Panama	CRC/C/70/Add.20	CRC/C/15/Add.233	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Cladem - English / Spanish
DPR of Korea	CRC/C/65/Add.24	CRC/C/15/Add.239	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Myanmar	CRC/C/70/Add.21	CRC/C/15/Add.237	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Human Rights Watch, Children's Rights Division Forum Asia International Confederation of Free Trade Unions - English / French / Spanish
Rwanda	CRC/C/70/Add.22	CRC/C/15/Add.234	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
El Salvador	CRC/C/65/Add.25	CRC/C/15/Add.232	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Human Rights Watch, Children's Rights Division 3D, Trade - Human Rights - Equitable Economy - English / Spanish Cladem Red de los Derechos de la Ni�ez y Adolescencia - English Red de Instituciones por los derechos de la ni�ez - Spanish
France	CRC/C/65/Add.26	CRC/C/15/Add.240	Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Defence for Children International - France - French Enfant Droit Catholics for a Free Choice [English] [Français]

Thirty-Fifth Session (12 - 30 January 2004)
Country of origin	State party reports reference	Observations adopted by the Committee	NGO Alternative reports
Guyana	CRC/C/8/Add.47	CRC/C/15/Add. 224	Red Thread - English
Papua New Guinea	CRC.C.28.Add.20	CRC/C/15/Add. 229
Germany	CRC/C/83/Add.7	CRC/C/15/Add. 226	National Coalition for the Implementation of the CRC in Germany - English Catholics for Free Choice - English
Slovenia	CRC/C/70/Add.19	CRC/C/15/Add. 230	South East European Child Rights Action Network - English
Japan	CRC/C/104/Add.2	CRC/C/15/Add. 231	Japan Federation of Bar Associations - English Committee for NGO Reporting on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Japan) - English Defence for Children International - Japan Children's Earth Children’s Rights Council of Japan and A Coalition of 10 NGOs
India	CRC/C/93/Add.5	CRC/C/15/Add. 228	Concerned for Working Children - English Asian Center for Human Rights - English CORE - English India Alliance for Child Rights - English Human Rights Watch, Children's Rights Division - English
Indonesia	CRC/C/65/Add.23	CRC/C/15/Add. 223	Indonesian NGO Coalition for4 CRC Monitoring
Armenia	CRC/C/93/Add.6	CRC/C/15/Add.225	National Center for Democracy and Human Rights - English
The Netherlands Aruba (considered together)	CRC/C/117/Add.1 CRC/C/117/Add.2	CRC/C/15/Add. 227	International Session of Jurists: Dutch Session - English Asociacion Trabao de Hubentud na Aruba - English Dutch NGO Coalition for Children's Rights - English (1) Dutch NGO Coalition for Children's Rights - English (2) Dutch NGO Coalition for Children's Rights - English (3)

Thirty-fourth Session (15 September - 3 October 2003)
Country of origin	State party reports reference	Observations adopted by the Committee	NGO Alternative reports
Brunei Darussalam	CRC/C/61/Add.5		Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
San Marino	CRC/C/8/Add.46		Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Singapore	CRC/C/51/Add.8		National Council of Social Service Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Pakistan	CRC/C/65/Add.21		Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Madagascar	CRC/C/70/Add.18		Conseil Regional pour l'Information et l'Orientation des Droits Humains et Actions - (French) Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
New Zealand	CRC/C/93/Add.4		Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Canada	CRC/C/83/Add.6		Canadian Coalition for the Rights of the Children Canadian Coalition for the Rights of the Children (Update) Focus on the Family Canada Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers REAL Women of Canada (English and French) REAL Women of Canada - Update (English and French) Canadian Council of Natural Mothers Catholics for a Free Choice
Bangladesh	CRC/C/65/Add.22		Human Rights Watch Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers Anti-Slavery International Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum Asian Indigenous & Tribal Peoples Network Asian Indigenous & Tribal Peoples Network
Georgia	CRC/C/104/Add.1		CLARITAS Human Rights Information and Documentation Centre Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

Thirty-third Session (19 May - 6 June 2003)
Country of origin	State party reports reference	Observations adopted by the Committee	NGO Alternative reports

Eritrea	CRC/C/41/Add.12	CRC/C/15/Add.204
Kazakhstan	CRC/C/41/Add.13	CRC/C/15/Add.213	Kazakhstan NGO Working Group on Child Rights Protection
Zambia	CRC/C/11/Add.25	CRC/C/15/Add.206	Children in Need Network - Zambia
Jamaica	CRC/C/70/Add.15	CRC/C/15/Add.210	Jamaica Coalition on the Rights of the Child
Lybian Arab Jamahiriya	CRC/C/93/Add.1	CRC/C/15/Add.209
Syrian Arab Republic	CRC/C/93/Add.2	CRC/C/15/Add.212
Morocco	CRC/C/93/Add.3	CRC/C/15/Add.211	Espace Associatif (French)
Cyprus	CRC/C/70/Add.16	CRC/C/15/Add.205
Sri Lanka	CRC/C/70/Add.17	CRC/C/15/Add.207
Solomon Islands	CRC/C/51/Add.6	CRC/C/15/Add.208

Thirty-second Session (13 - 31 January 2003)
Country of origin	State party reports reference	Observations adopted by the Committee	NGO Alternative reports

Czech Republic	CRC/C/83/Add.4	CRC/C/15/Add.201	European Roma Rights Centre League of Human Rights Defence for Children International - Czech Republic
Estonia	CRC/C/8/Add.44	CRC/C/15/Add.196	Estonian Union for Child Welfare
Haiti	CRC/C/51/Add.7	CRC/C/15/Add.202	Coalition Ha�tienne pour la D�fense des Droits de l'Enfant Coalition Ha�tienne pour la D�fense des Droits de l'Enfant - Recommendations
Iceland	CRC/C/83/Add.5	CRC/C/15/Add.203	Save the Children Iceland
Italy	CRC/C/70/Add.13	CRC/C/15/Add.198	Gruppo di Lavoro per la Convenzione sui diritti del fanciulli Telefono Azzurro European Roma Rights Centre
Republic of Korea	CRC/C/70/Add.14	CRC/C/15/Add.197	Sarangbang Group for Human Rights
Romania	CRC/C/65/Add.19	CRC/C/15/Add.199	Federation of NGOs Active in Child Protection Salvati Copiii
Viet Nam	CRC/C/65/Add.19	CRC/C/15/Add.200	Asian Indigenous and Tribal People's Network

Thirty-first Session (16 September - 4 October 2002)
Israel	CRC/C/3/Add.65	CRC/C/15/Add.1	Hariri Foundation Palestinian Coalition on the Rights of the Child Defence for Children International - Israel Human Rights Watch, Children's Rights Division
Republic of Moldova	CRC/C/28/Add.18	CRC/C/15/Add.192	Centre for Information and Documentation on Children's Rights from Moldova
Seychelles	CRC/C/3/Add.64	CRC/C/15/Add.189
	Second periodic reports
Argentina	CRC/C/70/Add.10	CRC/C/15/Add.187	Colectivo de ONGs de Infancia y Adolescencia (English and Spanish)
Burkina Faso	CRC/C/65/Add.17	CRC/C/15/Add.193
Poland	CRC/C/70/Add.12	CRC/C/15/Add.194	Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights Polish Forum for Children's Rights (English and Polish) European Roma Rights Centre - ERRC
Sudan	CRC/C/65/Add.15	CRC/C/15/Add.190	Friends of Children Society (AMAL)
Ukraine	CRC/C/70/Add.11	CRC/C/15/Add.191
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	CRC/C/83/Add.3	CRC/C/15/Add.188	Children's Law Centre Children's Law Centre - Young People's Submission Save the Children UK Children's Society Young People's Rights Network Article 12 in Scotland Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights Young Voice Children's Rights Alliance for England Children in Wales Article 12 Children's Law Centre

Thirtieth Session (20 May-7 June 2002)
Country of origin	State party reports reference	Observations adopted by the Committee	NGO Alternative reports

Guinea-Bissau	CRC/C/3/Add.63	CRC/C/15/Add.177	Associacao dos Amigos da Crianca
The Netherlands Antilles	CRC/C/61/Add.4	CRC/C/15/Add.186	Centre for Information and Formation for the Welfare of Children
Niger	CRC/C/3/Add.29/Rev.1	CRC/C/15/Add.179	R�seau Nig�rian pour l'Enfance (English and French)
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	CRC/C/28/Add.18	CRC/C/15/Add.184	SVG Human Rights Association
Switzerland	CRC/C/78/Add.3	CRC/C/15/Add.182	Comit� Suisse pour l'UNICEF (English, French and German) D�fense des Enfants International - Section Suisse
United Arab Emirates	CRC/C/78/Add.2	CRC/C/15/Add.183
	Second periodic reports
Belarus	CRC/C/65/Add.15	CRC/C/15/Add.180
Belgium	CRC/C/83/Add.2	CRC/C/15/Add.178	Coordination des ONG pour les droits de l'enfant (English, French and Dutch/Flemish) UNICEF Belgium (English and French) Kinderrechten Commissariaat
Spain	CRC/C/70/Add.9	CRC/C/15/Add.185	Infancy Platform Organisations (English and Spanish)
Tunisia	CRC/C/83/Add.1	CRC/C/15/Add.181

Twenty-ninth Session (14 January-1 February 2002)
Country of origin	State party reports reference	Observations adopted by the Committee