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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
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