Committee on the Rights of the Child

Seventy-eighth session

14 May–1 June 2018

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 seventy-eighth 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-eighth session of the Committee will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva (Palais Wilson, ground floor conference room), from 14 May to 1 June 2018. The first meeting of the session will be convened on Monday, 14 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.

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-eighth session (see the timetable for consideration of reports under item 4 below) and the reports included in the provisional agenda for the seventy-seventh session (CRC/C/77/1), 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
Australia	2017
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2017
Botswana	2007
Cabo Verde	1999
Costa Rica	2016
Côte D ’ Ivoire	1998
Republic of Korea	2017
Malta	2017
Portugal	2017
Singapore	2017

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
Sri Lanka	2008

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict

State party	Due in
Panama	2003

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-eighth 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,14 May 2018	3 p.m.	Argentina a
Tuesday, 15 May 2018	10 a.m.	Argentinaa (continued)
	3 p.m.	Angola a
Wednesday, 16 May 2018	10 a.m.	Angolaa (continued)
	3 p.m.	Angolab, c
Thursday,17 May 2018	10 a.m.	Algeria b
Friday,18 May 2018	10 a.m.	Montenegro a
	3 p.m.	Montenegroa (continued)
Tuesday,22 May 2018	10 a.m.	Russian Federation c
	3 p.m.	Lesotho a
Wednesday, 23 May 2018	10 a.m.	Lesothoa (continued)
	3 p.m.	Norway a
Thursday,24 May 2018	10 a.m.	Norwaya (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 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-eighth 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-eighth session, established in accordance with rule 67 of the rules of procedure, was held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 2 to 6 October 2017. The responses of the States parties to the lists of issues will be before the Committee at its seventy-eighth 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.

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 continue the preparation for the day of general discussion, entitled “Protecting and empowering children as human rights defenders”, to be held on 28 September 2018, as decided at its seventy-sixth session.

9.General comments

The Committee will continue 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.