Information on the nature and length of the 62nd session of the Commission on Human Rights is therefore still unavailable. In the midst of this uncertainty, child rights NGOs are preparing for a six-weeks session and reports are being submitted to the Commission as normal. Reports submitted to the Commission under item 13 (rights of the child) so far include:

Report of the Secretary-General on the Status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
(http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=7137)

Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Situation of the Abduction of Children in Africa
(http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=7454)

Annual Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (Ms. Karin Sham-Poo)
(http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=7455)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (Mr. Juan Miguel Petit)
(http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=7138)

Progress report by the Secretary-General on the question of violence against children
(http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=7494)
 
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education on Education for Girls (Spanish)
(http://www.crin.org/resources/infodetail.asp?id=7475)

The Subgroup on the Commission on Human Rights of the NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child will be coordinating NGOs' efforts to promote the rights of the child at the Commission and prepare the draft Omnibus Resolution on the Rights of the Child. [Source: CRIN]

More information

CRIN website:
Page on the 62nd session of the Commission on Human Rights (http://www.crin.org/CHR/currentsession.asp)
News page on the reform of the Commission (http://www.crin.org/chr/news/)
Subgroup on the Commission on Human Rights (http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/NGOCRC/subgroup-CHR.asp) 

UN websites:
Reform the UN (http://www.reformtheun.org/)
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Commission on Human Rights (http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/index.htm)
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Human Rights Council (http://www.ohchr.org/english/press/hrc/index.htm)