A/RES/57/190
11. Reaffirms the importance of ensuring adequate and systematic training in
the rights of the child for professional groups working with and for children,
including specialized judges, law enforcement officials, lawyers, social workers,
medical doctors, health professionals and teachers, and of coordination among
various governmental bodies involved in children’s rights, and encourages States
and relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system to continue to
promote education and training in this regard;
12. Encourages Governments and relevant United Nations bodies, as well as
relevant non-governmental organizations and child rights advocates, to continue to
contribute, as appropriate, to the web-based database launched by the United
Nations Children’s Fund so as to continue the provision of information on laws,
structures, policies and processes adopted at the national level to translate the
Convention into practice, and in this regard commends that body for its work to
disseminate lessons learned in the implementation of the Convention;
II
Protection and promotion of the rights of children
Identity, family relations and birth registration
1.
Calls upon all States to intensify efforts to ensure the registration of all
children immediately after birth, including through the consideration of simplified,
expeditious and effective procedures;
2.
Also calls upon all States to undertake to respect the right of the child to
preserve his or her identity, including nationality, name and family relations as
recognized by law, without unlawful interference and, where a child is illegally
deprived of some or all of the elements of his or her identity, to provide appropriate
assistance and protection with a view to re-establishing speedily his or her identity;
3.
Urges all States to ensure, as far as possible, the right of the child to
know and be cared for by his or her parents;
4.
Also urges all States to ensure that a child shall not be separated from his
or her parents against their will, except when the competent authorities, subject to
judicial review, determine, in accordance with applicable law and procedures, that
such separation is necessary in the best interest of the child, and, where alternative
care is necessary, to promote family and community-based care in preference to
placement in institutions, recognizing that such determination may be necessary in a
particular case, such as one involving abuse or neglect of the child by the parents or
one in which the parents are living separately and a decision must be made as to the
child’s place of residence;
5.
Recalls paragraph 15 of the outcome of the special session of the General
Assembly on children,6 which states that the family is the basic unit of society and
as such should be strengthened; that it is entitled to receive comprehensive
protection and support; that the primary responsibility for the protection, upbringing
and development of children rests with the family; and that all institutions of society
should respect children’s rights and secure their well-being and render appropriate
assistance to parents, families, legal guardians and other caregivers so that children
can grow and develop in a safe and stable environment and in an atmosphere of
happiness, love and understanding, bearing in mind that, in different cultural, social
and political systems, various forms of the family exist;
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