United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child CRC/C/GTM/CO/3-4 Distr.: General 25 October 2010 Original: English Committee on the Rights of the Child Fifty-fifth session 13 September – 1 October 2010 Consideration of reports submitted by States Parties under article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Guatemala 1. The Committee considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Guatemala (CRC/C/GTM/3-4) at its 1544th and 1546th meetings, held on 14 September 2010, and adopted at its 1583rd meeting, held on 1 October 2010, the following concluding observations. A. Introduction 2. The Committee welcomes the submission of the State party’s combined third and fourth periodic report, although it regrets the delay in its submission. The Committee also welcomes the replies to its list of issues (CRC/C/GTM/Q/3-4) and Add.1), and appreciates the constructive dialogue with an intersectoral delegation of the State party. 3. The Committee reminds the State party that these concluding observations should be read in conjunction with its previous concluding observations adopted on the State party’s second periodic report on 9 July 2001, contained in CRC/C/15/Add.154, as well as those adopted following the review of the State party’s initial report to both the Optional Protocols to the Convention on 12 June 2007 (CRC/C/OPAC/GTM/CO/1 and CRC/C/OPSC/GTM/CO/1). B. Follow-up measures undertaken and progress achieved by the State party 4. The Committee welcomes a number of positive developments in the reporting period, including the adoption of legislative and other measures taken with a view to implementing the Convention, such as: (a) 2008; GE.10-45958 The Adoption Act (2007) and the National Adoption Council established in