CRC/C/15/Add.233 page 4 with complaints from children in a child-sensitive and expeditious manner and provide remedies for violations of their rights under the Convention, in accordance with the Committee’s general comment No. 2 (2002) on national human rights institutions. Resources for children 15. The Committee is concerned about the lack of information on social investments and that resources allocated for children in the national budget are insufficient to respond to national and local priorities for the protection and promotion of children’s rights. 16. The Committee recommends that the State party pay particular attention to the full implementation of article 4 of the Convention by: (a) Prioritizing budgetary allocations at the national and local levels in the context of decentralization to ensure implementation of the economic, social and cultural rights of children, in particular those belonging to economically disadvantaged groups, “to the maximum extent of … available resources”; and (b) Identifying the amount and proportion of the State budget spent on children in the public, private and NGO sectors in order to evaluate the impact and effect of the expenditures and also the accessibility, the quality and the effectiveness of the services for children in the different sectors. Data collection 17. The Committee acknowledges the newly created Integrated System of Indicators for Development and the data collection by, inter alia, the centre for information and the Social Cabinet, but it is concerned about the continuing insufficiency of measures to collect disaggregated statistical data and other information on the situation of children belonging to the most vulnerable groups, in particular girls, street children, disabled children, children living in rural areas, refugees, asylum-seekers and indigenous children. 18. The Committee reiterates its recommendation to the State party that it give priority attention (e.g. by strengthening existing mechanisms) to the development of a system of collection of data disaggregated by age, gender, rural/urban area and social ethnic origin, and to the identification of appropriate disaggregated indicators with a view to addressing all areas of the Convention and all groups of children in society, in order to evaluate progress achieved and difficulties hampering the realization of children’s rights. The State party should consider seeking technical assistance from UNICEF, among others. Dissemination and training 19. The Committee welcomes the training activities undertaken by the State party for teachers, judges, police officers and officials at correctional institutes. However, it remains concerned about traditional attitudes towards children and adolescents in society and that children, as well as many professionals working with and for them, are not sufficiently aware of the Convention and the rights-based approach enshrined therein.

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