Delegation to the CRC Consults with Civil Society
The U.S. Delegation to the 75th Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child consulted with Civil Society representatives on May 15. The consultation was in advance of the Delegation’s appearance before the Committee to present its periodic reports on U.S. implementation of the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography and on the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict. Input from civil society is an important element in the process of U.S. engagement with treaty bodies such as the Committee. The U.S. delegation is led by Richard Visek, State Department Acting Legal Adviser, and Susan Coppedge, the State Department’s Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. It also includes other high-level officials from the State Department, and the Departments of Justice, Defense, and Homeland Security, as well as Cynthia H. Coffman, the Attorney General of Colorado.
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