GENEVA (5 May 2023) - The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) will hold its upcoming session from 8 to 26 May, during which it will review France, Jordan, Sao Tomé and Principe, Finland, Türkiye, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The six countries are among the 196 States parties to the Child Rights Convention. They are required to undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 18 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Convention, its Optional Protocols, as well as the Committee's previous recommendations.

The CRC, which has received the respective country reports and other submissions from non-governmental organizations, will discuss a range of issues with the six State delegations through public dialogues on the following dates at Geneva time:

France
9 May 15:00 - 18:00
10 May 10:00 - 13:00

Jordan
10 May 15:00 - 18:00
11 May 10:00 - 13:00

Sao Tomé and Principe
11 May 15:00 - 18:00
12 May 10:00 - 13:00

Finland
15 May 15:00 - 18:00
16 May 10:00 - 13:00

Türkiye
17 May 15:00 - 18:00
18 May 10:00 - 13:00

United Kingdom
18 May 15:00 - 18:00
19 May 10:00 - 13:00

The above public dialogues will be held in the Ground Floor Conference Room, Palais Wilson, Geneva. All public meetings are open to accredited journalists and livecast on UN Web TV. More information about the session, including reports submitted by the States and the full schedule of meetings, is available on the session webpage.