| No |
Recommendation |
Convention/Treaty Body |
| CRC-6 |
The Committee recommends that the State party take all measures necessary to address its previous recommendations of 2007 (CRC/C/MDV/CO/3) which have not been implemented or not sufficiently implemented and, in particular, those related to reservations (para. 10), legislation (para. 12), comprehensive policy and strategy (para. 15); coordination (para. 17); allocation of resources (para. 22); a national data collection system (para. 23). |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-7 |
The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (CRC/C/MDV/CO/3 of 2007, para. 10) and encourages the State party to consider withdrawing its reservations to articles 14(1) and 21 of the Convention. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-8 |
The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (CRC/C/MDV/CO/3 of 2007, para. 12) and recommends that the State party take immediate measures to adopt the draft Child Rights Bill ensuring its full compliance with the Convention, including in areas related to shared parental responsibility, removal of children from their families, coordination of child protection, and rights of children of expatriates |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-10 |
The Committee encourages the State party to prepare a comprehensive policy on children that encompasses all areas covered by the Convention and its Optional Protocols and, on the basis of the policy, to develop a strategy with the elements for its application, which is supported by sufficient human, technical and financial resources. The strategy should clarify the child rights mandates of state institutions and set-up a clear monitoring and evaluation framework. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-11 |
11. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (CRC/C/MDV/CO/3 of 2007, para. 17) and urges the State party to establish an appropriate body at a high inter-ministerial level with a clear mandate and sufficient authority to coordinate all activities related to the implementation of the Convention at cross-sectoral, national, and local levels. The State party should ensure that the coordinating body is provided with the necessary human, technical and financial resources for its effective operation. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-13/1 |
In the light of its Day of General Discussion in 2007 on “Resources for the rights of the child – responsibility of States”, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the budget needs of children and allocate adequate budgetary resources for the implementation of children’s rights and, in particular, address disparities on the basis of indicators related to children’s rights;
Article 4(Protection of rights) |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-13/2 |
In the light of its Day of General Discussion in 2007 on “Resources for the rights of the child – responsibility of States”, the Committee recommends that the State party:(b) Establish mechanisms to monitor and evaluate the adequacy, efficacy and equitability of the distribution of resources allocated to the implementation of the Convention. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-15(a) |
In the light of General Comment No. 5 (2003) on general measures of implementation, the Committee urges the State party to expeditiously improve its data collection system. The data should cover all areas of the Convention and should be disaggregated by age, sex, disability, geographic location, ethnic origin and socioeconomic background in order to facilitate analysis on the situation of all children, particularly those in situations of vulnerability. Furthermore, the Committee recommends that: 15 (a) The data and indicators be shared among the ministries concerned and used for the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, programmes and projects for the effective implementation of the Convention; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-15(b) |
15 (b) The State party take into account the conceptual and methodological framework set out in the report of United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights entitled "Human rights indicators: a guide to measurement and implementation " when defining, collecting and disseminating statistical information; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-15(c) |
The State party allocate budget towards multi-sectorial sharing and the full operation of the Child Protection database and strengthen its technical cooperation with UNICEF and other appropriate organisations. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-17 |
In the light of General Comment No. 2 (2002) on the role of independent human rights institutions, the Committee urges the State party to immediately cease all actions of reprisals against the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives for its co-operation with United Nations bodies and ensure the independence of this monitoring mechanism, including with regards to its funding, mandate and immunities, so as to ensure full compliance with the Paris Principles. In respect to the latter, the Committee recommends that the State party seek technical cooperation from, among others, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), UNICEF and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-19(a) |
The Committee recommends that the State party:19(a) Provide an official translation of the Convention and its child-friendly version into local languages, and widely disseminates these translations as well as the State party reports and the concluding observations of the Committee; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-19(b) |
The Committee recommends that the State party:19(b) Strengthen its efforts to provide professionals with targeted and regular training on the provisions and principles of the Convention and to systematically disseminate information about the Convention among children, their parents and other caregivers and all relevant professional groups working with and for children; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC 19(c) |
The Committee recommends that the State party:19(c) Integrate the teaching of the Convention in the school curricula up to tertiary education, and regularly broadcast the content of the Convention in radio and TV as well as through the Internet; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-25 |
The Committee urges the State party to repeal article 28 of the Law on the Protection of the Rights of the Child and ensure that its legislation offers full and equal protection to all persons under the age of 18 without any exceptions. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-33 |
The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (CRC/C/MDV/CO/3 of 2007, para. 45) and urges the State party to ensure that the right of children to be heard is respected, in accordance with their age and maturity, at any proceeding which may impact their rights, particularly in actions taken by social welfare institutions, courts of law and administrative authorities, including at the local level and in relation to giving testimony in court. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-37 |
The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (CRC/C/MDV/CO/3, para. 51) and recommends that, as indicated during the dialogue, the State party amend the Association Act to allow children to form associations, and encourage children to form associations, and create opportunities for their involvement in the formulation of policies and decisions that affect them. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-39 |
The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (CRC/C/MDV/CO/3, paras. 53 and 54) and recommends that the State party further improve children’s access to appropriate information from a diversity of sources, especially those aimed at the promotion of the child’s social, spiritual and moral well-being and physical and mental health and strengthen awareness programmes for children as well as parents and teachers on safety on the Internet, and addressing inter alia the issues of pornography and cyber bullying. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-27(1) |
The Committee urges the State party to make greater efforts to ensure that all children within its jurisdiction enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Convention without discrimination. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-27(2) |
The Committee urges the State party to amend its legislation in order to eliminate any discrimination against girls, children born out of wedlock or out-of-court marriages, and LGBTI children. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-27(3) |
The Committee also urges the State party to investigate and punish all cases of political figures and religious leaders making remarks that are demeaning to girls and that promote gender-based discrimination and violence. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-27(4) |
The Committee encourages the State party to use legislative, policy and educational measures, including sensitization and awareness-raising, to end stigmatization of girls, children born out of wedlock or out-of-court marriages, and of LGBTI children. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-53(1) |
The Committee urges the State party to immediately remove children from the Home for People with Special Needs and stop placing children in this institution and to investigate all cases of abuse, discrimination and violence against children within alternative care institutions. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-53(2) |
Reiterating its previous recommendation (CRC/C/MDV/CO/3, para. 60), the Committee further recommends the State party adopt expeditiously Regulations on Minimum Standards for Children’s Homes, Regulations on State Custody and Regulations on Foster Care, taking into account the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children of 20 December 2009, and to provide relevant training to staff to implement them in practice. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-53(3) |
The Committee also recommends that the State party urgently develop programmes for children and adolescents leaving care and explores without further delay possibilities for the development of traditional foster care systems, such as family/community-based alternative care |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-55(a) |
With reference to General Comment No. 9 (2006) on the rights of children with disabilities, the Committee urges the State party to adopt a human rights-based approach to disability, set up a comprehensive strategy, based on disaggregated statistical data, for the inclusion of children with disabilities and:55(a) Allocate sufficient resources for the full implementation of the Protection and Financial Assistance to Persons with Disabilities Act; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-55(b) |
Ensure that all children with disabilities are included in the disability registry and remove any existing financial or other obstacles to such registration; NSPA |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-55(c) |
Strengthen its efforts to implement the inclusive education policy and ensure that inclusive education is given priority over the placement of children in specialized institutions and classes; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-55(d) |
Strengthen its efforts to ensure that children with disabilities have access to health care, including early detection and intervention programmes; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-55(e) |
Undertake awareness-raising campaigns aimed at government officials, the public and families to combat the stigmatization of and prejudice against children with disabilities and promote a positive image of such children. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-57(a) |
With reference to General Comment No. 4 (2003) on adolescent health, the Committee recommends that the State party:57 (a) Adopt a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health policy for adolescents and ensure that sexual and reproductive health education is part of the mandatory school curriculum and targeted at adolescent girls and boys, with special attention on preventing early pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-57(b) |
Decriminalize abortions in all circumstances and review its legislation with a view to ensuring children’s access to safe abortion and post-abortion care services, including by removing the provision for spousal consent; and ensure that the views of the pregnant girl are always heard and respected in abortion decisions; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-57(c) |
Develop and implement a policy to protect the rights of pregnant teenagers, adolescent mothers and their children and combat discrimination against them; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-57(d) |
Take measures to raise awareness of and foster responsible parenthood and sexual behaviour, with particular attention to boys and men; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-57(e) |
Provide specialized mental health facilities and services for children and adolescents; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| crc-57(f) |
Facilitate internal dialogue with religious leaders regarding sensitive issues relating to sexual behaviour and mental health of adolescents. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-60 |
The Committee urges the State party to adopt the Education Bill without further delay and in conformity with the Convention |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-61(c) |
Undertake a study on the reasons for the withdrawal of girls from schools with a view to designing and implementing appropriate policies and measures. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-61(a) |
)The Committee further recommends that the State party: 61 (a) Adopt a comprehensive early childhood care and education policy; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-61(b) |
Ensure that all children, including children with disabilities, enjoy their right to education in equality with others; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-63 |
With reference to General Comment No. 1 (2001) on aims of education, the Committee urges the State party to immediately withdraw all content that is derogatory and calls for discrimination and violence on the basis of sex and religious belief and replace it by education materials and programmes that reflect a spirit of understanding, peace, tolerance, equality of sexes, and friendship among all peoples, ethnic, national and religious groups and promote the development of respect for human rights and for all civilizations. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-29(1) |
In the light of General Comment No 14 (2013) on the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration, the Committee recommends that the State party explicitly define and enshrine in its legislation the principle of best interest of the child, in compliance with Article 3 of the Convention. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-65 |
The Committee draws the State party’s attention to General Comment No 17 (2013) on the right of the child to rest, leisure, play, recreational activities, cultural life and the arts and urges it to restart and protect all art, music and performing arts classes that have been stopped and to expand the existing avenues for children to enjoy leisure and learn about cultural traditions. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-67 |
The Committee recommends that the State party adopt legislative safeguards for the protection of children working in family businesses, adopt a comprehensive list of exploitative and hazardous work prohibited for children, and provide labour inspectors with mandatory training on recognizing and addressing child labour and strengthen its labour inspections. The Committee also recommends that the State party seek technical assistance from the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour of the International Labour Office in this regard. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-59(1) |
The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to address the incidence of drug use by children and adolescents by, inter alia, providing children and adolescents with accurate and objective information as well as life skills education on preventing substance abuse — including tobacco and alcohol, and develop accessible and youth-friendly drug dependence treatment and harm reduction services. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-59(2) |
Special attention should be paid to neonatal units, reproductive health service units, and family protection units as part of specialised rehabilitation services for victims of substance abuse. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-21(b) |
Undertake awareness-raising campaigns with the tourism industry and the public at large on the prevention of child sex tourism and widely disseminate the charter of honour for tourism and the World Tourism Organization global code of ethics for tourism among travel agents and in the tourism industry; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-21(c) |
Strengthen its international cooperation against child sex tourism through multilateral, regional and bilateral arrangements for its prevention and elimination, including executing international information exchange agreements so that sex offenders can be identified while crossing borders. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-45(a) |
The Committee recommends that the State party:(a) Raise the minimum age for sexual consent to an internationally acceptable standard; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-45(b) |
The Committee recommends that the State party:45(b)Amend legislation to define sexual abuse in conformity with the Convention and to ensure that all children subject to any form of sexual exploitation are treated as victims and not subject to criminal sanctions; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-45(c) |
The Committee recommends that the State party:(c) Repeal article 14 of the 2009 Act with the view to ensuring that all forms of sexual abuse, including marital rape are criminalized and punished with penalties commensurate with the gravity of the offence, and finalise and enact the Evidence Bill; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-45(d) |
The Committee recommends that the State party:45(d) Establish mechanisms, procedures and guidelines to ensure the duty to report all cases of child sexual abuse and exploitation; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-45(e) |
The Committee recommends that the State party:45(e) Ensure effective prosecution against and commensurate sanctions for perpetrators of sexual exploitation and abuse, including through sensitization of judges regarding sexual abuse of girls; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-45(f) |
The Committee recommends that the State party:45(f) Conduct awareness-raising activities to combat the stigmatization of victims of sexual exploitation and abuse, including incest, and ensure accessible, confidential, child-friendly and effective reporting channels for such violations; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-45(g) |
.The Committee recommends that the State party:45(g) Strengthen the development of programmes and policies for the prevention, recovery and social reintegration of child victims, including the provision of adequate shelters, in accordance with the outcome documents adopted at the World Congresses against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-69 |
Follow up to the Committee’s previous concluding observations and recommendations on the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-71 |
The Committee urges the State party to bring its Penal Code in full compliance with articles 2 and 3 of the Optional Protocol, including by criminalizing the use of children for prostitution and pornography even if the perpetrator and victim are married under Sharia law, criminalizing child sex trafficking even in the absence of coercion, and by ensuring that child victims of offences under the Optional Protocol are not criminalized according to Sharia law (including charges of zina). |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-43(a) |
With reference to General Comment No. 13 (2011) on the right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence and the Sustainable Development Goal 16.2 to end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children, the Committee recommends that the State party:(a) Ensure that corporal punishment is unambiguously prohibited under the Domestic Violence Act; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| crc-43(b) |
the Committee recommends that the State party:43(b) Ensure the enforcement and implementation of the 2012 Domestic Violence Act, including by establishing the required shelters, adequately funding protection services centers and safe houses, providing adequate capacity-building for law enforcement officials on violence against girls within the family, and increasing reporting through awareness-raising efforts; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-43(c) |
the Committee recommends that the State party:43(c) Establish a national database on all cases of domestic violence against children, and undertake a comprehensive assessment of the extent, causes and nature of such violence; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-43(d) |
the Committee recommends that the State party:43 (d) institutionalize, as also recommended by the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children during her visit in May 2013, a high-level platform where all leading departments and institutions responsible for child protection concerns meet periodically and formulate a comprehensive strategy, stipulating concrete budgeted interventions, for preventing and combating violence against children and child abuse, including with focus on gang-related violence; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-43(e) |
the Committee recommends that the State party:43 (e) Create a unified, co-ordinated and comprehensive child protection system; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-43(f) |
Take all necessary measures to prevent violence against children as well as their exposure to violence during political protests; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-46(a) |
In the light of its general comment No. 18 on harmful practices (2014), adopted jointly with the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the Committee urges the State party to take active measures to put an end to harmful practices against children in the State party. In particular, the Committee urges the State party to 46(a) Ensure that the minimum age of marriage set at 18 in the article 4(a) of the Family Act Child is upheld; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-46(b) |
Enact legislation explicitly prohibiting female genital mutilation as a harmful practice and take measures to combat it, including through raising awareness of its harmful effects and holding accountable religious leaders who promote it; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-46(c) |
Strengthen awareness-raising campaigns and programmes on the harmful effects of early marriage on the physical and mental health and well-being of girls, targeting households, local authorities, religious leaders, judges and prosecutors. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-49 |
The Committee recommends that the State party create standard operating procedures to manage the child helpline, provide adequate training for the staff responding to the calls and actively encourage the use of the Helpline to report suspected cases of abuse. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-41 |
The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (CRC/C/MDV/CO/3, para. 56) and with reference to the Committee’s General Comment No. 8 (2006) on corporal punishment it urges the State party:(a)To take all the necessary measures to ensure that persons who committed crimes while under the age of 18 are not subjected to any form of torture, including corporal punishment, and that corporal punishment as a disciplinary measure is prohibited by law in the home, alternative care settings, justice institutions, schools and workplace settings; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-73 |
The Committee urges the State party to criminalize violations of the provisions of the Optional Protocol regarding the recruitment and involvement of children in hostilities and develop a strategy to tackle the growing problem of increased extremism, radicalization and recruitment into “jihadi” groups |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-21 |
In the light of General Comment No. 16 (2013) on State obligations regarding the impact of the business sector on children’s rights, the Committee recommends that the State party:(a) Examine and adapt its legislative framework (civil, criminal and administrative) to ensure the legal accountability of business enterprises and their subsidiaries operating in or managed from the State party´s territory, especially in the tourism industry; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-29(2) |
State party is encouraged to develop procedures and criteria to provide guidance to all relevant persons in authority, and especially those working in law enforcement, for determining the best interests of the child in every area and for giving it due weight as a primary consideration. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-41(b) |
To amend the 2014 Regulation on Conducting Trials, Investigations and Sentencing Fairly for Offences Committed by Minors (articles 4 and 5) to prohibit flogging; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-41(c) |
To explicitly prohibit life imprisonment of persons under the age of 18. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC 69(a) |
With reference to General Comment No. 10 (2007) on children’s rights in juvenile justice, the Committee urges the State party to bring its juvenile justice system fully into line with the Convention and other relevant standards. In particular, the Committee urges the State party:69. (a) Not to apply penalties for hadd offenses to children below the age of 18; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-69(b) |
the Committee urges the State party: (b) Raise the age of criminal responsibility to an internationally acceptable standard |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC 69(c) |
the Committee urges the State party: (c) Adopt without further delay the Juvenile Justice Act, ensuring that its provisions fully comply with the provisions and principles of the Convention as well as other international standards on the administration of juvenile justice, including hearing of the child during criminal proceedings; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-69(d) |
the Committee urges the State party: (d) Abolish flogging as a sentence for crime; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-69(e) |
the Committee urges the State party: (e) Promote alternative measures to detention, such as diversion, probation, mediation, counselling, or community service, wherever possible, and ensure that detention is used as a last resort and for the shortest possible period of time and that it is reviewed on a regular basis with a view to withdrawing it; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-69(f) |
the Committee urges the State party: (f) In cases where detention is unavoidable, ensure that children are not detained together with adults and that detention conditions are compliant with international standards, including with regard to access to education and health services. To that effect, the Committee recommends that the State party make use of the technical assistance tools developed by the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice and its members, including the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), UNICEF, OHCHR and NGOs, and seek technical assistance in the area of juvenile justice from members of the Panel; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-69(g) |
Expeditiously establish throughout the State party specialized juvenile court facilities and procedures with adequate human, technical and financial resources, designate specialized judges for children and ensure that such specialized judges receive appropriate education and training. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-19(d) |
The Committee recommends that the State party:19 (d) Develop, in co-operation with UNICEF and civil society, targeted awareness raising programmes, including campaigns, to address the misconception among the public about the incompatibility of Islam and children’s rights. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-30 |
.The State party should conduct awareness raising campaigns that challenge religious and customary interpretations which lead people to think that impunity for perpetrators of child sexual abuse is in the best interests of the child. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-51 |
The Committee recommends that the State party undertake a study into the reasons behind the high divorce rate and encourages the State party to increase its efforts to provide child-care facilities and to develop family education and awareness through, inter alia, providing support, including training for parents in parental guidance and joint parental responsibilities. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-31(a) |
The Committee urges the State party with the utmost priority to:(a) Repeal all legal provisions that provide for the death penalty for persons under the age of 18 in domestic legislation; |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-31(b) |
Ensure that the death penalty is not carried out on persons under the age of 18 years or on persons who were under the age of 18 at the time of the commission of the crime, included for hadood offences and qisas cases, to replace any such death sentences with an appropriate alternative sanction and to work with families of murder victims to encourage pardons for qisas cases. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-72 |
Follow up to the Committee’s previous Concluding Observations and recommendation on the Optional Protocol on children in armed conflict |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-76 |
The Committee recommends that the State party take all appropriate measures to ensure that the recommendations contained in the present Concluding Observations are fully implemented.The Committee also recommends that the combined fourth and fifth periodic report, the written replies to the list of issues of the State party and the present Concluding Observations be made widely available in the languages of the country. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC 17 |
In the light of General Comment No. 2 (2002) on the role of independent human rights institutions, the Committee urges the State party to immediately cease all actions of reprisals against the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives for its co-operation with United Nations bodies and ensure the independence of this monitoring mechanism, including with regards to its funding, mandate and immunities, so as to ensure full compliance with the Paris Principles. In respect to the latter, the Committee recommends that the State party seek technical cooperation from, among others, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), UNICEF and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC 74 |
The Committee recommends that the State party, in order to further strengthen the fulfilment of children’s rights, ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-75 |
The Committee recommends that the State party, in order to further strengthen the fulfilment of children’s rights, ratify the core human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, namely the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC-78 |
The Committee also invites the State party to submit an updated core document, not exceeding 42,400 words, in accordance with the requirements for the common core document in the harmonized guidelines on reporting under the international human rights treaties, including guidelines on a common core document and treaty-specific documents (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6, chap. I) and General Assembly resolution 68/268 (para. 16). |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |