Committee on the Rights of the Child

Concluding observations on the report submitted by Angola under article 8 (1) of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict *

I.Introduction

1.The Committee considered the report of Angola (CRC/C/OPAC/AGO/1) at its 2287th and 2288th meetings (see CRC/C/SR.2287 and 2288), held on 16 May 2018, and adopted the present concluding observations at its 2310th meeting, held on 1 June 2018.

2.The Committee welcomes the submission of the report of the State party and the written replies to the list of issues (CRC/C/OPAC/AGO/Q/1/Add.1). The Committee expresses appreciation for the constructive dialogue held with the high-level and multisectoral delegation of the State party.

3.The Committee reminds the State party that the present concluding observations should be read in conjunction with the concluding observations on the combined fifth to seventh periodic reports submitted by the State party under the Convention (CRC/C/AGO/CO/5-7) and on the report of the State party submitted under the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (CRC/C/OPSC/AGO/CO/1), both adopted on 1 June 2018.

II.General observations

Positive aspects

4.The Committee welcomes the State party’s accession to or ratification of:

(a)The Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and All Parts and Components That Can Be Used for Their Manufacture, Repair and Assembly, in February 2017;

(b)The Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, in September 2014;

(c)The Convention on the Prohibition of the