Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United Nations

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations

Misin Permanente de Chile ante las Naciones Unidas

On the occasion of the First Anniversary of the signing of the Third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child The International Coalition for the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure and the UN Permanent Missions of Chile, Finland, Germany, the Maldives and Thailand cordially invite you to: A panel presentation

Making Childrens Voices a Reality: Mobilizing States toward Ratification of the Third Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Thursday, 28 February 2013 1:15 2:30 p.m. (light lunch starting at 12:45pm) ECOSOC Chamber, NLB United Nations, New York Moderator: Jasmine Whitbread, CEO, Save the Children International Speakers will include: Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children Dr. Jorge Freyre, Latin American and Caribbean Network for Children and Young People's Rights, REDLAMYC We hope you will join us. Kindly R.S.V.P. to Hiba.Qaraman@savethechildren.org by February 26th. Please indicate if you will require a UN grounds pass in your response.

Background The third Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure was adopted during the Sixty-sixth session of the UN General Assembly on 19 December 2011 and opened for signature and ratification on 28 February 2012. The third Optional Protocol introduces a communications procedure, which allows the Committee on the Rights of the Child to receive and examine individual complaints alleging violations of childrens rights. For this procedure to enter into force and become a tangible reality for children, ten ratifications are necessary. There are currently two State Parties. The International Coalition is composed of international, regional and national nongovernmental organizations and networks, human rights institutions and other nongovernmental bodies which are committed to achieve rapid ratification and entry into force of the third Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. For a full list of members, please visit http://www.ratifyop3crc.org/.