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(b) Invest additional resources in order to ensure the right of all children to a
truly inclusive education;
(c) Take all measures to ensure that children complete their schooling, taking
concrete action to address the reasons behind non-completion of schooling, and take
measures to ensure children’s transition from school to employment;
(d) Expand and improve the quality of vocational education and training for
children, including for those who have left school without certificates, enabling them
to acquire competencies and skills in order to enhance their work opportunities;
(e) Enhance human rights education and include child rights in the curricula of
schools.
69. The Committee notes the study carried out in the State party on incidents of violence in
schools and associated institutions. It expresses concern at the high number of children who
have been exposed to incidents of violence or physical and other kinds of aggression,
including bullying among children.
70. The State party should take urgent measures to protect children from exposure to
violence or physical and other aggression, including bullying among children in
educational facilities.
7. Special protection measures (arts. 22, 38, 39, 40, 37(b) and (d), 30,
and 32-36 of the Convention)
Unaccompanied, refugee or asylum-seeking children
71. The Committee welcomes the enactment of Act No. 26165 in November 2006 and the
creation of the National Refugee Commission (CONARE). Nevertheless, the Committee is
concerned that the State party has not adopted any legal procedures to deal with
unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. It is further concerned that in the determination of
the asylum request, the principle of the best interests of the child is not always applied. It is
further concerned that appropriate care, social and material assistance for unaccompanied
refugee or asylum-seeking children is not always provided.
72. The Committee urges the State party to adopt legal procedures dealing with
unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, taking into account the Committee’s general
comment No. 6 (2005) on treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside
their country of origin. The State party should also develop formal procedures for the
best interests determination, which must always be considered. The State party should
also ensure that all unaccompanied refugee or asylum-seeking children are provided
with the necessary social and material assistance, bearing in mind gender and cultural
sensitivities.
Economic exploitation, including child labour
73. While welcoming the National Plan for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labour
and the Network of Companies against Child Labour, the Committee notes with concern
the absence of effective coordination mechanisms, as well as insufficient structures for
enforcement at the provincial level. The Committee further remains concerned at the high
percentage of adolescents who are the object of economic exploitation, in particular in rural
areas, which is also associated with schooling problems such as high repetition rates,
frequent absences and late arrivals.
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