CRC country updates

CRC country updates is composed of two reports:

The State party report is discussed in open and public meetings of the Committee, during which both the State representatives and Committee members take the floor. States parties are requested to give information about "factors and difficulties encountered", "progress achieved", "implementation priorities" and "specific goals" for the future.

Concluding observations refer both to positive aspects of a State's implementation of the Convention and areas where the Committee recommends that further action needs to be taken. The CRC is committed to issuing concluding observations which are concrete, focused and implementable and pays increasing attention to measures to ensure effective follow-up to its concluding observations. The concluding observations usually contain the following aspects: introduction; positive aspects (including progress achieved); factors and difficulties impeding the implementation; principal subjects for concern; suggestions and recommendations addressed to the State party. They are made public on the last day of a Committee session during the adoption of the report, of which they form a part. Once adopted, they are made available to the State party concerned, and also issued as official documents of the Committee. It is assumed that concerns expressed by the Committee in its concluding observations will be addressed in a detailed manner by the State party in its next report.