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education for children in Greenland and the Faroe Islands, and for mental health services
throughout the State party’s territory.
22.
The Committee urges the State party to ensure that its allocation of resources
to all sectors covering child rights remains high and is equitable, bearing in mind the
need for financial support to those municipalities which require it in order to ensure
fully the realization of all rights of all children, and that the budget requirements,
particularly in education and mental health services, are fully met.
Data collection
23.
While appreciating the improved data collection system in the territory of
Greenland, the Committee remains concerned about the lack of adequate resources for the
effective collection of statistical data on the implementation of the Convention in the Faroe
Islands and notes the lack of statistics for both territories on poverty and on cases of abuse.
24.
The Committee urges the State party to strengthen statistical systems and
analysis on the implementation of the Convention in the Faroe Islands and in
Greenland, and to ensure that data is systematically collected and used to inform
policy and programmes in relation to poverty, violence and abuse. In general, it
recommends that the State party continue to strengthen its capacity for the systematic
collection and analysis of data disaggregated, inter alia, by age, sex and ethnic
background on all persons under the age of 18 for all areas covered by the Convention
throughout its territory.
Dissemination and awareness-raising
25.
While welcoming the State party’s information that human rights and democracy are
part of the school curricula at both primary and secondary school levels, the Committee is
concerned at the low rates of awareness of the Convention, especially among children.
26.
The Committee urges the State party to incorporate teaching on the
Convention as a specific subject in school curricula. It also urges the State party to
promote knowledge of the Convention among the public at large through, inter alia,
the mass media.
Training
27.
The Committee is concerned that the curriculum for the training of persons working
for and with children, including teachers, does not include the Convention.
28.
The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (CRC/C/DNK/CO/3,
para. 23) for the State party to develop systematic and ongoing training programmes
on human rights, including children’s rights, for all persons working for and with
children, e.g. judges, lawyers, law enforcement officials, civil servants, local
government officials, teachers, social workers and health personnel, and especially for
children themselves.
Child rights and the business sector
29.
The Committee notes with appreciation the adoption of the Act amending the
Danish Financial Statements Act (Accounting for corporate and social responsibility in
large businesses) of December 2008, which obliges the 1,100 largest corporations in
Denmark to report on their corporate and social responsibility policies and initiatives.
However, the Committee notes that there is no specific mention of child rights or the
Convention on the Rights of the Child as part of the Act’s framework for reporting.
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