Committee on the Rights of the Child

Seventy-sixth session

11-29 September 2017

Item 1 of the provisional agenda

A doption of the agenda

Annotated provisional agenda

Provisional agenda

1.Adoption of the agenda.

2.Organizational matters.

3.Submission of reports of States parties.

4.Consideration of reports of States parties.

5.Cooperation with other United Nations bodies, specialized agencies and other competent bodies.

6.Methods of work of the Committee and treaty body strengthening process.

7.Activities of the Committee under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure.

8.Day of general discussion.

9.General comments.

10.Future sessions.

11.Other matters.

Annotations

1.Adoption of the agenda

In accordance with rule 9 of its rules of procedure, the Committee on the Rights of the Child may revise the agenda and may, as appropriate, add, defer or delete items. Only urgent items may be added to the agenda.

The provisional agenda for the seventy-sixth session was prepared by the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Chair of the Committee, in accordance with rule 6 of the rules of procedure.

2.Organizational matters

The seventy-sixth session of the Committee will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva (Palais Wilson, ground floor conference room), from 11 to 29 September 2017. The first meeting of the session will be convened on Monday, 11 September, at 10 a.m.

In accordance with rule 39 of the rules of procedure, the meetings of the Committee shall be held in public, unless the Committee decides otherwise.

Under the present item, the Committee will consider its programme of work for the session, as well as any other matters concerning the performance of its functions under the Convention.

3.Submission of reports of States parties

Reports received

In addition to the reports that are already scheduled for consideration by the Committee at its seventy-sixth session (see the timetable for consideration of reports under item 4 below) and the reports included in the provisional agenda for the seventy-fifth session (CRC/C/75/1), the Secretary-General has received the following reports on the implementation of the Convention.

Convention on the Rights of the Child

State party	Due in
Japan	2016

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

State party	Due in
Saudi Arabia	2012

Overdue reports

Under rule 71 of the rules of procedure, the Secretary-General is required to notify the Committee at each session of all cases of non-submission of reports. The full list of initial and periodic reports due under the Convention, the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict and the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography are available from http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/ _layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/Countries.aspx.

4.Consideration of reports of States parties

A tentative timetable for the consideration of reports at the seventy-sixth session, prepared by the Secretary-General in consultation with the Chair and subject to approval by the Committee, is given below.

Tentative timetable for consideration of reports of States parties

Date	Time	State party
Monday,11 September 2017	3 p.m.	Ecuador a
Tuesday, 12 September 2017	10 a.m.	Ecuadora (continued)
Wednesday, 13 September 2017	10 a.m.	Tajikistan a
	3 p.m.	Tajikistana (continued)
Thursday,14 September 2017	10 a.m.	Tajikistanb,c
	3 p.m.	Cyprus b
Friday,15 September 2017	10 a.m.	Denmark a
	3 p.m.	Denmarka (continued)
Monday,18 September 2017	3 p.m.	Republic of Moldova a
Tuesday, 19 September 2017	10 a.m.	Republic of Moldovaa (continued)
Wednesday, 20 September 2017	10 a.m.	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea a
	3 p.m.	Democratic People’s Republic of Koreaa (continued)
Thursday,21 September 2017	10 a.m.	Vanuatu a
	3 p.m.	Vanuatua(continued)
Friday, 22 September 2017	10 a.m.	Vanuatub,c
Monday, 25 September 2017	10 a.m.	Guinea b
	3 p.m.	Guinea c

a Report on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

b Report on the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict.

c Report on the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

In accordance with rule 72 of the rules of procedure, representatives of the States parties shall be invited to attend the meetings of the Committee when their reports are examined. The representatives should be able to answer questions put to them by the Committee and make statements on reports already submitted by their States, and may also submit further information.

In accordance with rule 72 of the rules of procedure, the Secretary-General has notified the States parties concerned of the opening date, duration and venue of the seventy-sixth session of the Committee and the meetings at which their respective reports will be examined, and has invited them to send representatives to attend those meetings.

A meeting of the pre-sessional working group of the Committee is convened before each session to prepare lists of issues relating to reports, for transmission to States parties before the meetings at which their reports are to be considered. The meeting of the pre-sessional working group for the seventy-sixth session, established in accordance with rule 67 of the rules of procedure, was held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 6 to 10 February 2017. The responses of the States parties to the lists of issues will be before the Committee at its seventy-sixth session.

5.Cooperation with other United Nations bodies, specialized agencies and other competent bodies

The Committee will continue its discussion on how its cooperation with various relevant bodies could be further strengthened to enhance the promotion and protection of the rights of the child.

6.Methods of work of the Committee and treaty body strengthening process

The Committee will continue its discussion concerning the organization of its future work and the procedure to be followed in the consideration of reports of States parties and their follow-up. In particular, the Committee will discuss issues related to its methods of work, especially those concerning the Optional Protocol on a communications procedure. The Committee will also continue its discussion on the follow-up to the treaty body strengthening process, in particular the simplified reporting procedure.

7.Activities of the Committee under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure

The Committee will consider any communication and information it has received in relation to the Optional Protocol.

8.Day of general discussion

The Committee will consider possible topics for the next day of general discussion, to be held in September 2018.

9.General comments

The Committee will continue its work on the general comment on children in the context of migration, to be prepared and issued jointly with the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

10.Future sessions

The Committee will be informed of any developments relating to the schedule of its future sessions.

11.Other matters

Members will discuss any other matters relating to the work of the Committee, as considered necessary.