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Rights committee to review situation of Guinean children

Independent human rights experts begin a three-week session today in Geneva during which they will examine the situation of child’s rights in Guinea. A UN press release received by IRIN said that the 20th session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child will take up the issue of Guinea on 19-20 January. Countries that ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child are obliged to present periodical reports to the 10-member committee to defend their actions towards children and detail how they arbegan in southern Brazzaville on 18 December. A total of 12uinea, the committee will also discuss reports submitted by Yemen, Austria, Sweden and Belize during its current session, the release said.

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