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28. The Committee recommends that the State party develop a system of data
collection and indicators consistent with the Convention and disaggregated by sex,
age, rural and urban areas, ethnicity, disabilities, victims of violence and phase of life
(particularly early childhood and adolescence). This system should cover all children
up to the age of 18, with specific emphasis on those who are particularly vulnerable.
It also encourages the State party to use these indicators and data in the formulation
of policies and programmes for the effective implementation of the Convention. The
Committee further recommends that the data collection be regularly updated, and
made easily available to the general public.
Dissemination, and awareness-raising
29. The Committee takes note of the State party’s efforts in relation to the
promotion of human rights among governmental agencies and non-governmental
organizations. The Committee encourages the State party to further enhance
awareness that children are subjects of rights. It reiterates its recommendation that
the State party increase its efforts to disseminate more informative material and
translate it into the main indigenous languages in a culturally sensitive manner, and
that it develop more creative methods to promote the Convention, in particular at the
local level.
Training
30. While the Committee notes with appreciation the training activities on the
Convention and its Protocols, targeting actors such as judges, local authorities and the
police, it remains concerned at the increasing incidence of sale of children and sexual
exploitation of children as well as at the large number of victims, as recognized in the State
party report, which indicates an urgent need to undertake further and sustainable training in
this regard.
31. The Committee recommends adequate and systematic training and/or
sensitization of professional groups working with and for children, such as judges,
lawyers, law-enforcement personnel, teachers, school administrators and health
personnel. The State party is encouraged to fully integrate the Convention and its two
Optional Protocols into the curricula at all levels of the educational system and to seek
technical assistance from, inter alia, UNICEF, UNESCO and OHCHR.
Cooperation with civil society
32.
The Committee regrets that cooperation with non-governmental organizations and
indigenous traditional leaders is insufficient.
33. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its cooperation
with non-governmental organizations, including indigenous organizations, to better
implement the Convention at the national and local levels and in urban, rural and
indigenous areas.
Child rights and the business sector
34. The Committee notes with concern the potential negative impact of foreign and
domestic business and industries, inter alia, in the mining sector, on the wellbeing and
development of children.
35. The Committee recommends that the State party undertake efforts to establish
the necessary regulation framework for business to ensure that business and
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