General discussion
The Committee devotes one or more meetings of its regular sessions to gen- eral discussion on one particular article of the Convention or on specific issues such as the situation of the girl child, the economic exploitation of chil- dren and children in the media. Representatives of international organizations and NGOs participate in the Committee discussion which is normally announced in the report of the session immediately preceding that in which the discussion takes place. All interested parties including NGOs are invited to make written contributions.

Individual complaints
There is no procedure outlined in the Convention for individual complaints from children or their representatives. The Committee may, however, request “further information relevant to the implementation of the Convention”. Such additional information may be requested from Governments if there are indications of  serious problems.

Sessions
The Committee hold three annual sessions in Geneva, each of three weeks’ duration. It also holds three pre-sessional working groups, each of one week’s duration.
For more information see the OHCHR web-site: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc.htm

B. Extra-conventional   mechanisms

3.8 Special procedures