CRC/C/MMR/CO/3-4
(e)
Take measures to prevent that children deprived of liberty in police
stations or in detention facilities are kept with adults, and that girls are kept with
boys, and to ensure that they have a safe, child-sensitive environment, and that they
maintain regular contact with their families;
(f)
Make use of the technical assistance tools developed by the Interagency
Panel on Juvenile Justice and its members, including UNODC, UNICEF, OHCHR
and NGOs and seek technical assistance in the area of juvenile justice from members
of the Panel.
Child victims and witnesses of crimes
95.
The Committee recommends that the State party ensure, through adequate
legal provisions and regulations, that all children victims and/or witnesses of crimes,
e.g. children victims of abuse, domestic violence, sexual and economic exploitation and
trafficking, are provided with the protection required by the Convention and that it
take fully into account the Guidelines on Justice in Matters Involving Child Victims
and Witnesses of Crime.
Children belonging to minority or indigenous groups
96.
The Committee reiterates its concern (CRC/C/15/Add.237, para. 27) that children
belonging to ethnic, indigenous, religious and other minority groups, in particular Rohingya
children, face multiple restrictions and forms of discrimination and continue to be denied
access to basic rights, including the right to food, health care, education, survival and
development, as well as the right to enjoy their culture and to be protected from
discrimination.
97.
The
Committee
recalls
its
previous
concluding
observations
(CRC/C/15/Add.237) and urges the State party to gather additional information on all
ethnic minorities and other marginalized groups and to elaborate policies and
programmes to fully ensure the implementation of their rights without discrimination.
The Committee recommends in particular that the State party take effective measures
to improve access to education and primary health care for children in the northern
Rakhine State. The Committee also recommends that the State party take into
account the Committee’s general comment No. 11 (2009) on indigenous children and
their rights under the Convention.
I.
Ratification of international human rights instruments
98.
In order to further strengthen the fulfilment of children’s rights, the
Committee urges the State party to ratify all the core United Nations human rights
treaties and their Optional Protocols, namely the:
(a)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
involvement of children in armed conflict;
(b)
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination;
(c)
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and its
Optional Protocol;
(d)
Protocols;
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its Optional
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