A/HRC/13/43 D. • A/HRC/WG.7/1/1 Provisional agenda • A/HRC/WG.7/1/CRP.1 Submission made by expert Nevena Vuckovic Sahovic • A/HRC/WG.7/1/CRP.2 Submission made by expert Peter Newell • A/HRC/WG.7/1/CRP.3 Submission made by expert Najat Maalla M’jid • A/HRC/WG.7/1/CRP.4 Submission made by expert Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro • A/HRC/WG.7/1/CRP.5 Joint submission presented by International Save the Children Alliance, Kindernothilfe, Organisation Mondiale contre la Torture (OMCT), SOS Children’s Villages International, World Vision International, the Child Rights Information Network (CRIN), the Global Initiative to End Corporal Punishment and the NGO Group for the CRC • A/HRC/WG.7/1/CRP.6 Submission made by expert Yanghee Lee • A/HRC/WG.7/1/CRP.7 Submission made by expert Marta Santos Pais • A/HRC/WG.7/1/CRP.8 Submission made by expert Jean Zermatten • A/HRC/WG.7/1/CRP.9 Submission made by the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children • CRC/C/GC/10 General comment No. 10 (2007). Children’s rights in juvenile justice • CRC/C/GC/12 General comment No. 12 (2009). The right of the child to be heard Organization of the debate 14. In his opening statement, the Chairperson-Rapporteur recalled that 2009 marked the twentieth anniversary of the Convention and many events had taken place in that connection. Resolution 11/1 was the result of cross-regional efforts within the Human Rights Council. In that respect, a core group of States representing all regions had been formed in order to facilitate the preparation of the working group’s session. He underlined the basic principles for conducting the session of the working group, i.e. transparency, constructiveness and open and frank discussions on all relevant issues with a view to achieve a consensual outcome. 15. At its first meeting, on 16 December 2009, the working group adopted its agenda, as it appears in document A/HRC/WG.7/1/1, and programme of work without comments. 16. Upon the proposal of the Chairperson, the working group agreed to hold a general debate, to be followed by expert presentations and discussions around the following topics: (a) reasons and timing to elaborate a communications procedure under the Convention; (b) existing international mechanisms, their efficiency and accessibility by children; (c) efficiency in the protection of the rights of the child under mechanisms existing at the national and regional levels; (d) unique nature of the rights of the child and specific rights enshrined in the Convention, including the right of the child to be heard; and (e) implications of a communications procedure under the Convention and feasibility of the procedure. GE.10-10385 5