United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/WG.7/2/2 Distr.: General 1 September 2010 Original: English Human Rights Council Working Group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child Second session Geneva, 6–10 December 2010 Proposal for a draft optional protocol prepared by the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Open-ended Working Group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to provide a communications procedure Summary The present document is submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 13/3, 2010, in which the Council requested the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Open-ended Working Group on an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to prepare a proposal for a draft optional protocol to be used as a basis for the forthcoming negotiations. GE.10-15781 (E) 210910