CRC/C/ISR/CO/2-4 living in the OPT contained in the concluding observations on the State party’s initial reports under both the Convention and the Optional Protocol on children and armed conflict (CRC/C/15/Add.195, paras. 27 (a), 37, and 62, 2002, and CRC/C/OPAC/ISR/CO/1, paras. 11, 17, 35 and 38, 2010). The Committee also regrets that a number of the Committee’s concluding observations of 2002 on the State party’s initial report under the Convention have not been addressed. 9. The Committee urges the State party to implement as a matter of utmost priority its recommendations relating to children living in the OPT contained in the concluding observations on the State party’s initial reports under both the Convention and the Optional Protocol on children and armed conflict. The Committee also recommends that the State party take all necessary measures to address those recommendations that have not been implemented or not sufficiently implemented and, in particular, reiterates its recommendations to the State party to: (a) Establish a central mechanism for intersectoral coordination and cooperation at and between the national and local levels of government (para. 13 (a)) as also recommended in 2003 by the Israeli Rotlevy Committee for investigation of the basic principles in the field of children, law and legislation implementation; (b) Collect data on all persons under 18 years for all areas covered by the Convention, including children in the most disadvantaged situations and use this data to assess progress and design policies to implement the Convention (para. 15 (a) and (b)); (c) Strengthen and expand its programme for the dissemination of information on the Convention and its implementation in all official languages among children and parents, civil society and all sectors and levels of government, including initiatives to reach those vulnerable groups who are illiterate or without formal education (para. 23 (a)); (d) Develop systematic and ongoing training programmes on human rights, including children’s rights, for all professional groups working for and with children (e.g. judges, lawyers, law enforcement officials, civil servants, local government officials, personnel working in institutions and places of detention for children, teachers and health personnel) (para. 23 (b)); 10. In light of its previous recommendation (para. 13 (b)), the Committee also encourages the State party to prepare a comprehensive policy on children and, on the basis of that policy, to develop a strategy with the necessary elements for its application, which is provided with sufficient human, financial and technical resources. Legal status of the Convention 11. The Committee takes note of the information provided by the delegation during the interactive dialogue about the progressive incorporation of the principles and provisions of the Convention into its domestic legal system. The Committee is however concerned that this process is yet to be completed, a situation which affects the justiciability of children’s rights in the State party. 12. The Committee recommends that the State party accelerate the integration process of the rights and principles and provisions of the Convention into its domestic legal system to ensure the justiciability of all children’s rights. Allocation of resources 13. The Committee regrets that insufficient information has been provided by the State party on the resources allocated for the implementation of the Convention, on the impact on 3

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