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DESCRIPTION OF A PROPOSED
INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE
TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
The Young General Assembly participants discussed many times about the fact that the Committee on the Rights of the Child hears only the governments view about how the Convention on the Rights of the Child is being implemented. They believe the Committee on the Rights of the Child can only make an accurate assessment if the views of the nation’s children are also heard. Thus they propose that an international committee of children to advise the Committee on the Rights of the Child be established.
The International Children’s Advisory Committee (ICAC)
ICAC Aims:
(A) The ICAC will compile reports about emergency situations during the period when a national government is not reporting to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) The emerging reports are to inform the Committee about a crisis in a country so that it can be addressed before the government report is due.
(B) If possible, ICAC members are to attend UNCRC Thematic Discussions.
(C) The ICAC will monitor Young General Assembly Member Organizations and national councils to ensure minorities are included and represented.
ICAC Member Selection:
(A) Eleven members will be selected at annual Young General Assembly Sessions.
ICAC Structure:
It would consist of eleven representatives, one from each of the following regions: North and West Africa, East Africa, Central and South Africa, Middle East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast and Far East Asia, Australasia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Western Europe and Others.
ICAC Duties:
(A) ICAC members will present all documents compiled at the annual Young General Assembly Sessions to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
- ICAC members will report the past year’s activities to the annual Young General Assembly Sessions and brief the incoming ICAC members on past activities and policies.
DIAGRAM OF THE NATIONAL COUNCILS AND THE INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S ADVISORY COUNCIL
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