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Rule 70:
Specific provisions for reporting process
The Committee shall lay down appropriate guidelines in order to avoid
repetition between the reports to it and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
and in order to encourage governments to fulfil their obligations towards both
Committees while recognizing the specific nature of the specific provisions of the
Children's Charter. The following shall be considered:
a)
If a State Party has already submitted an initial report to the UN
Committee on the Rights of the Child, whether that report has been
reviewed by the UN Committee or not, the State Party may be invited
to update the information already submitted and add information on
the provisions specific to the Children's Charter.
b)
If a State Party's initial report has been reviewed by the UN
Committee on the Rights of the Child, the concluding observations
and the recommendations may be considered by the Committee when
preparing the list of issues for the governments and adopting its own
concluding observations and recommendations.
c)
If a State Party has not yet submitted an initial report to the UN
Committee on the Rights of the Child, the State Party shall be invited
to prepare a complete report on all the provisions of the Children's
Charter.
d)
For the review of a State Party's report, the Committee shall designate
one of its experts as focal point.
e)
The establishment of modalities for cooperation between the
Committee and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Rule 71:
Suggestions and general recommendations on a State Party’s report
1.
After its exhaustive consideration of each report of a State Party, together
with such reports, information or advice by partners, if any, received in conformity
with Article 42 (iii) of the Children's Charter, the Committee shall make such
suggestions and general recommendations on the implementation of the Children's
Charter by the reporting State, as it may consider appropriate.
2.
The Committee shall transmit, through the Chairperson of the Commission,
suggestions and general recommendations it has decided upon to the State Party
concerned for its comments. The Committee may, where necessary, indicate the
time limit within which such comments from States Parties are to be received.
3.
The Committee shall include in its reports to the Assembly of the Union
suggestions and general recommendations together with comments, if any, received
from States Parties.
Rule 72:
Other general recommendations