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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.