UN Experts Release Report on Children’s Rights in Brazil

UN experts release report on children’s rights in Brazil

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Monday released its review of the fifth to seventh periodic reports on Brazil’s state programs under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and its first report under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. The committee, while commending the state’s programs aimed at improving the situation of child care, posed several critical …

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Brazil presented a review of its reports under the Convention on the Rights of the Child at UN headquarters in Geneva on Monday. The document, which combined the fifth and seventh reviews, was reviewed by experts from the Committee on the Rights of the Child who praised the programs developed by the country to improve the situation of children […]

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