Thirtieth Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Invites the President of the Human Rights Council to consider the theme “Thirty years of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges and opportunities” for the annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming, to be held at the forty-third session of the Council;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to liaise with States, relevant United Nations bodies and agencies, treaty bodies, in particular the Committee on the Rights of the Child, special procedures and regional human rights mechanisms, as well as with civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and national human rights institutions, with a view to ensuring their participation in the panel discussion, and to make the panel discussion fully accessible for persons with disabilities;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to make provisions and to provide resources for the above-mentioned panel discussion, and to circulate the relevant information among States and other stakeholders;

Invites the High Commissioner to make provisions for events and arrangements for the celebration of the anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and to circulate the relevant information among States and other stakeholders, from within existing resources and, where appropriate, in partnership with other international and regional organizations;

Encourages States to use the anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a tool to raise awareness of the Convention and to maintain momentum and increase action with respect to the rights of the child.