United Nations CRC/C/GNB/Q/2-4
Convention on the
Rights of the Child
Distr.: General
15 February 2012
ADVANCE UNEDITED
VERSION
Original: English
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integration of the State party’s existing strategies
on, inter alia, orphan and/or vulnerable children including those with Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), trafficking and harmful practices. Additionally,
please also provide information on the implementation timelines for the
above-mentioned strategies.
4. Please provide information on measures, if any,
taken to address societal attitudes impeding the implementation of the
Convention. In doing so, please also provide information on measures taken to
prevent harmful practices including:
(a) Forced and/or early marriage;
(b) Specific measures to effectively implement the
State party’s recently enacted legislation on the prohibition of female genital
mutilation;
(c) Infanticide, particularly of children with
disabilities or physical deformities;
(d) Awareness-raising on the above, including through
traditional and/or
community leaders.
5. Please provide details on legislative, policy and
institutional measures, if any, taken
to:
(a) Address domestic and gender violence; and,
(b) Prohibit corporal punishment of children in all
settings.
6. Please indicate the measures taken, if any, to
combat the phenomenon of so-called meninos de criação (the widespread
practice of giving a child away to other family members or acquaintances that
can supposedly provide better conditions and education for the child) and the
increased vulnerability of children in such situations to abuse and/or exploitation.
In this context, please also inform the Committee on the efforts of the
National Commission for the Abolition of Child Labour.
7. Please provide detailed information on measures
taken to protect the rights of children with disabilities and address their
needs, including:
(a) Measures taken to reduce and prevent
discrimination against children with disabilities;
(b) Measures for providing adequate support to
children with disabilities and their families, including specific information
on ensuring access to health care and education;
(c) Measures for implementing the above in remote
areas of the State party with a view to reducing urban-rural disparity.
8. Please inform the Committee on measures taken to
ensure the provision of adequate healthcare, access to sanitation and clean
water, particularly with regard to children living in remote areas of the State
party.
9. Please provide detailed information on the measures
taken to combat discrimination in education as well as the drop-out rate of
girls from school. In this context, please also provide updated information on
school fees charged by schools.
10. Please provide information on measures taken, if
any, to ensure the protection and fulfilment of child rights of so-called talibés
- children receiving education in Quranic schools - including:
(a) Measures to consider including Quranic education as an
optional part of
the education syllabus to allow the option for
children to remain in mainstream schools while having their religious needs
fulfilled;
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(b) Measures to monitor if the circumstances and
conditions for children in a talibés situation are in accordance with the
Convention.
11. Please provide detailed information on the
measures to combat sexual abuse and exploitation of children, including on
measures, if any, for recovery, rehabilitation and remedies, including
compensation.
12. Please provide detailed information on measures
taken by the State party to amend and/or implement legislation to ensure that
its juvenile justice system is in compliance with the provisions of the
Convention and other international standards. In doing so please include
specific information on measures to ensure:
(a) Coordination between the police, social services
and judiciary on matters and cases concerning children in conflict with the
law;
(b) Children in conflict with the law are detained in
separate facilities from adult detainees;
(c) Adequate training in the Convention for its
judicial and law enforcement professionals.
Part II
In this section the Committee invites the State party
to provide a brief update (no more than three pages in length) on the
information presented in its report regarding:
(a) New bills or legislation enacted
(b) Newly implemented programmes and projects, their
scope and budget
(c) New institutions, their mandate and funding
(d) New ratification of human rights instruments
Part III
Data, statistical and other information, if available.
1. Please provide data, disaggregated by age, sex,
ethnic origin, geographical location and socio-economic background, on child
mortality rates and provide relative and absolute data on the causes of child
mortality.
2. Please inform the Committee on the number of
Stateless children.
3. Please provide data, disaggregated by sex and age,
on the number of children who abuse of alcohol or substance.
4. Please provide data, disaggregated by sex and age,
on children in armed forces.
5. Please provide data, disaggregated by age, sex,
ethnic origin and socio-economic background, on the prevalence of child
trafficking.
6. In addition, the State party may list areas
affecting children that it considers to be of priority with regard to the
implementation of the Convention.
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