GENEVA (26 August 2022) - The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) will hold its upcoming session from 29 August to 23 September, during which it will review North Macedonia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, South Sudan, Germany, Viet Nam, the Philippines and Kuwait.

The eight countries are among the 196 States parties to the Child Rights Convention and its Optional Protocols. 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 eight State delegations through public dialogues on the following dates at Geneva time:

North Macedonia
29 Aug 15:00-18:00
30 Aug 10:00-13:00

Ukraine
30 Aug 15:00-18:00
31 Aug 10:00-13:00

Uzbekistan
31 Aug 15:00-18:00
1 Sep 10:00-13:00

South Sudan
1 Sep 15:00-18:00
2 Sep 10:00-13:00

Germany
5 Sep 15:00-18:00
6 Sep 10:00-13:00

Viet Nam
12 Sep 15:00-18:00
13 Sep 10:00-13:00

Philippines
13 Sep 15:00-18:00
14 Sep 10:00-13:00

Kuwait
14 Sep 15:00-18:00
15 Sep 10:00-13:00

The above public dialogues will be held in the First / Ground Floor Conference Room, Palais Wilson, Geneva. All public meetings are open to the press 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.