Rights of the child
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(g) To address the root causes preventing indigenous children’s views from
being heard, in accordance with their evolving capacities, and from being taken into
account on matters affecting them, to inform children, parents, legal guardians,
other caregivers and the general public about the rights of the child and to raise
awareness, including through partnerships with civil society, the private sector and
the media, while being attentive to their influence on children, of the importance
and benefits of the participation of children in society;
(h) To develop measures to ensure that indigenous children have access to
information in their own language, where possible;
(i) To take all necessary measures to ensure universal access to birth
registration of indigenous children immediately after birth, including those living in
remote areas by, inter alia, removing barriers that impede their registration, ensuring
the existence of a minimal or no cost, simple, effective, expeditious and accessible
birth registration system, guaranteeing their right to a name and a nationality,
respecting the selection by parents of a name of their own choosing, respecting the
child’s preservation of his or her identity and, as far as possible, protecting the
child’s knowing and being cared for by his or her parents;
(j) To ensure that indigenous children have access to the same range, quality
and standard of free or affordable, gender-sensitive, culturally sensitive and
age-appropriate health care and programmes as provided to other children and
adolescents, including in the area of sexual and reproductive health, and to take
measures, in consultation with indigenous peoples, to eliminate child and maternal
mortality and malnutrition and to develop measures to support those services inside
their communities;
(k) To adopt legislative and other appropriate measures, including
cross-sectoral approaches, to ensure the full realization by indigenous children of
the right to education, including by ensuring that, on the basis of equal opportunity,
accessibility and inclusiveness, they are not excluded from accessible, free and
compulsory primary education, from early childhood care and development to
vocational training and preparation for work, and to take measures, in consultation
with indigenous peoples, for indigenous children to have access to education as well
as to encourage a multicultural approach and, when possible, education in their own
language;
(l) To take, where appropriate, decisive steps to develop strategies regarding
respect for and promotion of indigenous children’s cultural identities and languages;
(m) To take steps to support and encourage human rights education and
training, on values such as respect for human dignity, non-discrimination, equality,
justice, non-violence, tolerance and peace, at home, in educational centres and in
education programmes, in order to promote the awareness and empowerment of
children, including indigenous children, with respect to their rights and
responsibilities;
(n) To strengthen efforts to effectively eliminate child labour which is
harmful to health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development,
including among indigenous children;
(o) To develop strategies for the prevention and elimination of all forms of
violence against children, including indigenous children, by adopting appropriate
policy measures aimed at, inter alia, raising awareness, capacity-building for
professionals working with and for children, supporting effective parenting
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