CRC/C/15/Add.122 page 5 vulnerable, including girls; children with disabilities; child labourers; children living in remote rural areas, including Eastern Cape, Kwa Zulu-Natal and the Northern region, as well as other disadvantaged Black communities; children belonging to the Khoi-Khoi and San communities; children working and/or living on the streets; children living in institutions; children of economically disadvantaged families; and refugee children. Technical assistance in this area from, inter alia, UNICEF is encouraged. Budgetary allocations 15. The Committee welcomes the initiative of the State party to introduce the practice of “costing” new legislation to ensure its sustainability in terms of, inter alia, financing. The Committee notes that the State party is currently “costing” the draft juvenile justice bill to determine its financial sustainability. The Committee notes the challenges faced by the State party in addressing the social and economic legacy of apartheid, particularly among previously disadvantaged communities. The Committee also notes the efforts of the State party in establishing a Children’s Budget Project to monitor government expenditure with respect to children’s programmes with a view to improving the impact of expenditure on the lives of children. In light of article 4 of the Convention, the Committee remains concerned about the insufficient efforts made to ensure the adequate distribution of resources allocated for children’s programmes and activities. In light of articles 2, 3 and 6 of the Convention, the Committee encourages the State party to pay particular attention to the full implementation of article 4 of the Convention by prioritizing budgetary allocations and distributions to ensure implementation of the economic, social and cultural rights of children, to the maximum extent of available resources and, where needed, within the framework of international cooperation. Dissemination and awareness raising 16. While recognizing the efforts of the State party to promote awareness of the principles and provisions of the Convention, the Committee remains concerned that professional groups, children, parents, and the public at large are generally not sufficiently aware of the Convention and the rights-based approach enshrined therein. The Committee recommends that greater effort be made to ensure that the provisions of the Convention are widely known and understood by adults and children alike, in both rural and urban areas. In this regard, it encourages the State party to reinforce its efforts to make the Convention available in local languages and to promote and disseminate its principles and provisions through the use of, inter alia, traditional methods of communication. The Committee further recommends the reinforcement of adequate and systematic training and/or sensitization of traditional community leaders as well as professional groups working with and for children, such as health personnel, including psychologists, social workers, officials of central or local administration, and personnel of child-care institutions. In this regard, the Committee suggests that the State party seek technical assistance from, inter alia, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNICEF.

Select target paragraph3