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Make parents aware of the importance of early childhood development and
education, establish holistic early childhood development programmes and
train caregivers and teachers to adequately implement the new child-centred
and holistic curricula of early childhood development in a culturally sensitive
manner.
Play, leisure and cultural activities
69.
The Committee welcomes the information given in the dialogue that all new and
renovated educational institutions must be equipped with play and sports facilities, but is
concerned that children's right to play is not adequately recognized in community and urban
development planning.
70.
The Committee recommends that the State party duly take into account the
children's right to play and to ensure that children's institutions provide time and space for
play and children's social and cultural activities.
8.
Special protection measures
(arts. 22; 30; 38; 39; 40; 37 (b)-(d); 32-36 of the Convention)
Asylum-seeking and refugee children
71.
While welcoming the establishment of the National Refugee Commission and the
strengthening of the refugee status determination procedure, the Committee reiterates its concern
at the lack of specific procedures for providing special care and assistance to unaccompanied and
separated children.
72.
The Committee recommends that the State party take measures to ensure that
asylum claims submitted by children are analyzed under a refugee status determination
procedure that takes into consideration the specific needs and rights of child asylumseekers in accordance with international refugee and human rights law, and take into
account the UNHCR Guidelines on determining the best interests of the child. In this
regard, the Committee draws attention to its general comment No. 6 (2005) on the
treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin.
Economic exploitation including child labour
73.
The Committee expresses its concern and shares the concern of the Committee on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the persistence of economic exploitation of children,
especially indigenous children (E/C.12/BOL/CO/2 para. 14(d)). The Committee is in particular
concerned at the situation of the Guarani children living in conditions of servitude, forced labour
and victims of abuses in the Chaco region, as well as children engaging in hazardous work in
mining.