International human rights monitoring

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office is actively engaged with international human rights monitoring mechanisms at both United Nations and Council of Europe level. Of particular importance in this respect is the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the panel of independent experts that periodically monitors Ireland’s compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The OCO has submitted its advice to the UN Committee on a number of occasions.

In addition, the OCO has submitted its views to the UN Human Rights Council as part of the Council’s universal periodic review (UPR) process.