Introduction A. Background and Purpose of Report The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1993. The Committee on the Rights of the Child (the Committee) received the Government’s in First Report on Implementation November 1998 and considered it in September 2000; the Committee’s Concluding were received in October 2000. The Second Report to the Committee Observations was received in 2004 and considered in August 2005. The Committee’s were received in November 2007. This document Concluding Observations therefore combines the 3rd and 4th reporting requirements for RMI. The purpose of this report is to update the Committee on the overall status of children in the Marshall Islands; Measures taken by Government and civil society to address issues of concern identified in the and First Report and Second Report
Introduction A. Background and Purpose of Report The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1993. The Committee on the Rights of the Child (the Committee) received the Government’s First Report on Implementation in November 1998 and considered it in September 2000; the Committee’s Concluding Observations were received in October 2000. The Second Report to the Committee was received in 2004 and considered in August 2005. The Committee’s Concluding Observations were received in November 2007. This document therefore combines the 3rd and 4th reporting requirements for RMI. The purpose of this report is to update the Committee on the overall status of children in the Marshall Islands; Measures taken by Government and civil society to address issues of concern identified in the First Report and Second Report and
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