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national plan of action for children in order to establish a comprehensive rights’ based
approach to the implementation of children’s rights.
10.
The Committee recommends that the State party develop a National Plan
of Action for children in consultation with civil society and all sectors involved in
the promotion and protection of children’s rights, with the aim of implementing
the principles and all the provisions of the Convention, and taking into account,
inter alia, the Plan of Action “A World Fit for Children” adopted by the General
Assembly Special Session in May 2002 and its mid-term review of 2007. The
Committee also recommends that adequate human and financial resources be
allocated both at the national and local levels for the implementation of the
National Plan of Action for Children.
Independent monitoring
11.
The Committee welcomes the efforts of the State party to improve monitoring
of the implementation of the Convention and provide a complaints mechanism for
children through the NCWC. However the Committee reiterates its concern as stated
in the previous concluding observations that there is no independent national human
rights institution to monitor and promote the Convention.
12.
The Committee recommends that the State party establish an independent
national human rights institution in full compliance with the Paris Principles
relating to the status of national institutions (General Assembly resolution 48/134
of 20 December 1993, annex). Such an institution should be accessible to
children and be provided with adequate human and financial resources to
receive, monitor and investigate complaints from or on behalf of children on
violations of their rights as well as recommend remedies. In this regard, the
Committee draws the attention of the State party to its general comment No. 2
(2002) on the role of independent national human rights institutions in the
promotion and protection of the rights of the child.
Allocation of resources
13.
The Committee notes with satisfaction that a considerable part of the State
party’s public expenditure is allocated to health and education and that education
figures among the sectors prioritized for foreign assistance. The Committee however
regrets that the impact of budgetary allocations on the implementation of child rights
has not been systematically assessed.
14.
The Committee urges the State party to continue to allocate a high
percentage of its public expenditure for education and health and conduct
assessments of the allocations specifically for children and the implementation of
the Convention.
Cooperation with the civil society
15.
The Committee notes that the State party recognizes the important role played
by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in carrying out, monitoring, evaluating
child rights related programmes and welcomes the inclusion of civil society