The Committee on the Rights of the Child has guidelines detailing the kind of information governments are expected to give in their implementation reports for the Convention and each of the Optional Protocols. Children’s organizations have developed their own guidance for civil society reports:

Initial reports

Periodic reports

Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict

Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

Reporting on the Convention: A guide for non-governmental organizations

Reporting on the Optional Protocols: A guide for non-governmental organizations