Country Care Reviews

The Country Care Reviews below highlight care-relevant sections of the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Convention on the Rights of the Child Sessions:

68th Session 12 - 30 January 2015

Cambodia
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Gambia
Iraq
Jamaica
Mauritius
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkmenistan
United Republic of Tanzania
Uruguay

67th Session 1 - 19 September 2014

Croatia
Fiji
Hungary
Morocco
Singapore
Venezuela

66th Session 20 May - 13 June 2014

India
Indonesia
Jordan
Kyrgyzstan
Saint Lucia

65th Session 13 - 31 January 2014

Congo
Germany
Holy See
Portugal
Russian Federation
Yemen

64th Session 16 September - 4 October 2013

China
Kuwait
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Monaco
Moldova
Paraguay
Sao Tome & Principe
Tuvalu

63rd Session 27 May - 14 June 2013

Armenia
Guinea-Bissau
Israel
Rwanda
Slovenia
Uzbekistan

62nd Session 14 January-1 February 2013

Guinea
Guyana
Malta
Niue
The Philippines (OPSC)
USA (OPSC)
Slovakia (OPSC)
Burkina Faso (OPSC)

61st Session 17 September- 5 October 2012

Canada
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Namibia
Albania
Andorra
Austria
Liberia

60th Session 29 May-15 June 2012

Algeria
Turkey
Australia
Cyprus
Greece
Vietnam

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted on 13 December 2006 and it came into force on 3 May 2008. It has been ratified by 132 countries to date. A number of provisions of the Convention are especially relevant to children's care. In particular, Article 23 on 'Respect for home and the family', stipulates that:

States who are party to the Convention must ensure that children with disabilities have equal rights with respect to family life and that early and comprehensive information, services and support to children with disabilities and their families should be established to prevent concealment, abandonment, neglect and segregation of children with disabilities.
In no case should a child be separated from parents on the basis of a disability of either the child or one or both of the parents.
Where the immediate family is unable to care for a child with disabilities, States Parties must undertake every effort to provide alternative care within the wider family, and failing that, within the community in a family setting .
States Parties must also render appropriate assistance to persons with disabilities in the performance of their child-rearing responsibilities.

CRPD Sessions:

12th Session 15 September - 3 October 2014

Belgium
Denmark
Ecuador
Mexico
New Zealand
Republic of Korea

11th Session 31 March - 11 April 2014

Azerbaijan
Costa Rica
Sweden

10th Session 2 September - 13 September 2013

Austria
Australia
El Salvador

9th Session 15 April - 19 April 2013

Paraguay

5th - 8th Sessions April 2011 - September 2012

Argentina
China
Hungary
Peru
Spain
Tunisia

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Country Care Review: Jordan

Better Care Network, 18 May 2017

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of their examinations of the periodic reports of Jordan.

Country Care Review: Canada

Better Care Network , 08 May 2017

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during the seventeenth session (20 Mar 2017 – 12 Apr 2017) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Country Care Review: Armenia

Better Care Network, 08 May 2017

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during the seventeenth session (20 March 2017 - 12 April 2017) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Country Care Review: Cyprus

Better Care Network , 08 May 2017

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during the seventeenth session (20 March 2017 - 12 April 2017) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Country Care Review: Malawi

Better Care Network, 06 Mar 2017

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Country Care Review: Estonia

Better Care Network, 03 Feb 2017

The Committee's recommendations on the issues relevant to children's care are highlighted, as well as other care-related concluding observations, ratification dates, and links to the Universal Periodic Review and Hague Intercountry Adoption Country Profile.

Country Care Review: Pakistan

Better Care Network, 11 Jul 2016

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Country Care Review: Serbia

Better Care Network, 23 May 2016

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Country Care Review: Slovakia

Better Care Network , 17 May 2016

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.