CRC UNITED NATIONS Convention on the Rights of the Child Distr. GENERAL CRC/C/TLS/CO/1 14 February 2008 Original: ENGLISH COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD Forty-seventh session CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 44 OF THE CONVENTION Concluding observations: Timor-Leste 1. The Committee considered the initial report of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (CRC/C/TLS/1) at its 1289th meeting held on 16th January 2008, and, at its 1313th meeting, held on 1 February 2008, adopted the following concluding observations. Introduction 2. The Committee welcomes the submission of the State party’s initial report under the Convention on the Rights of the Child as well as the written replies (CRC/CTLS/Q/1/Add.1) to the list of issues (CRC/C/TLS/Q/1), notes with satisfaction that the State party has submitted a comprehensive common core document (HRI/CORE/TLS/2007), and appreciates the constructive dialogue held with the State party’s high-level delegation. 3. The Committee recommends that these concluding observations be read in conjunction with the concluding observations adopted on the State party’s initial reports on the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict. A. Positive aspects 4. The Committee congratulates the State party on its accession to the main seven international human rights instruments, including its accession, without reservations, to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (“the Convention”) and its Optional Protocols, as well as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. GE.08-40472