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particular, law enforcement officials, the judiciary and professionals working with or
for children;
(b)
Strengthen the national system for receiving, monitoring
investigating complaints of child abuse and neglect in a child-sensitive manner;
and
(c)
Prioritize the elimination of all forms of violence against children,
including by ensuring the implementation of the recommendations of the United
Nations study on violence against children (A/61/299), taking into account the outcome
and recommendations of the Regional Consultations for South Asia (held in
Islamabad, 19–20 May 2005), and paying particular attention to gender aspects;
(d)
Provide information concerning the implementation by the State party
of the recommendations of the above-mentioned study in its next periodic report,
particularly those highlighted by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General
on violence against children, namely:
(i)
The development in each State of a national comprehensive strategy to
prevent and address all forms of violence against children;
(ii)
The introduction of an explicit national legal ban on all forms of violence
against children in all settings;
(iii) The consolidation of a national system of data collection, analysis and
dissemination, and a research agenda on violence against children;
(e)
Ensure that administrative measures reflect Government obligations to
establish policies, programmes, monitoring and oversight systems required to protect
the child from all forms of violence;
(f)
Cooperate with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on
violence against children and seek technical assistance, inter alia, from the United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International
Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and NGO partners.
F.
Disability, basic health and welfare (arts. 6, 18 (para. 3), 23, 24, 26, 27
(paras. 1-3) and 33 of the Convention)
Children with disabilities
55.
The Committee notes the State party’s intent to ratify the Convention on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities. However, the Committee is highly concerned about the
alarmingly disadvantaged position of children with disabilities with regard to their right to
education, whereby 52 per cent of children with disabilities have no access to school, and
the vast majority do not finish primary school. The Committee further notes with concern
the lack of teachers trained to teach children with learning or developmental delays and the
lack of adequate teaching equipment and materials, as well as the regional disparities in the
provision of specialist teachers in schools. The Committee is moreover concerned that the
barriers preventing children with disabilities from exercising their rights are regarded as a
consequence of their disability, rather than an issue arising from the social and economic
structure of the society that impedes their social inclusion, resulting also in a high rate of
institutionalization of children with disabilities.
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