C ommittee on the Rights of the Child

Eight y-first session

13–31 May 2019

Item 1 of the provisional agenda

Adoption 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 eighty-first 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 eighty-first session of the Committee will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva (Palais Wilson, ground floor conference room), from 13 to 31 May 2019. The first meeting of the session will be convened on Monday, 13 May, 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.

In accordance with rule 16 of the rules of procedure, the newly elected members of the Committee will make the following solemn declaration in open meeting:

“I solemnly declare that I will perform my duties and exercise my powers as a member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child honourably, faithfully and conscientiously and observe the principles of independence and impartiality of the human rights treaty bodies adopted by the Committee”.

In accordance with article 43 (9) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and rules 17 and 20 of the rules of procedure, the Committee shall elect, from among its members, officers for a term of two years.

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 eighty-first session (see the timetable for consideration of reports under item 4 below) and the reports included in the provisional agenda for the eightieth session (CRC/C/80/1), 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
Azerbaijan	2018
Canada	2018
Djibouti	2012
Greece	2017
Iceland	2018
Kiribati	2011
Viet Nam	2017

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 is 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 eighty-first 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
Tuesday,14 May 2019	10 a.m.	Tonga a
	3 p.m.	Tongaa (continued)
Wednesday, 15 May 2019	3 p.m.	Malta a
Thursday, 16 May 2019	10 a.m.	Maltaa (continued)
	3 p.m.	Singapore a
Friday,17 May 2019	10 a.m.	Singaporea (continued)
Monday,20 May 2019	3 p.m.	Côte d’Ivoire a
Tuesday, 21 May 2019	10 a.m.	Côte d’Ivoirea (continued)
	3 p.m.	Sri Lanka b
Wednesday, 22 May 2019	3 p.m.	Cabo Verde a
Thursday, 23 May 2019	10 a.m.	Cabo Verdea (continued)
	3 p.m.	Botswana a
Friday, 24 May 2019	10 a.m.	Botswanaa (continued)

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 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 eighty-first 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 eighty-first session, established in accordance with rule 67 of the rules of procedure, was held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 8 to 12 October 2018. The responses of the States parties to the lists of issues will be before the Committee at its eighty-first 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 and will continue its discussion on follow-up to the treaty body strengthening process and the 2020 review.

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 adopt the report on the day of general discussion, entitled “Protecting and empowering children as human rights defenders”, held on 28 September 2018 at the Palais des Nations.

9.General comments

The Committee will finalize its work on the revision of general comment No. 10 (2007) on children’s rights in juvenile justice.

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.