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E.
Suggestions and recommendations
24.
In the light of the discussion in the Committee on the question of the
continuing need for the State party’s reservation to article 6 of the
Convention and the information provided by the State party that it is open to
considering making adjustments in regard to its reservation, the Committee
encourages the State party to review its reservation to the Convention with a
view to its withdrawal.
25.
The Committee recommends that a comprehensive review of the domestic
legal framework be undertaken. Such a review requires that the provisions and
principles of the Convention serve as both its guide and support and that it
encompass not only national but also local-level legislative and
administrative measures impacting on the rights of the child.
26.
The Committee recommends that the State party consider the possibility of
setting up an independent institution such as an Ombudsperson for children’s
rights. Such a mechanism can play an important role both in monitoring
institutions working in the field of the rights of the child, including in the
areas of welfare, education and juvenile justice, as well as in contributing
to the more rapid identification of emerging problems in these fields with a
view to their constructive solution.
27.
The Committee, in taking note of the activities undertaken throughout the
State party to develop and implement outlines for the follow-up to the World
Summit for Children, recommends that future outlines, development plans,
programmes or plans of action on the rights of the child be prepared on the
basis of all the provisions and principles of the Convention.
28.
The State party is urged to take further action to strengthen its
capacity for a systematic approach to collecting disaggregated statistical
data and other information on the status of children. The Committee
recommends that serious consideration be given to this matter by the State
party as the analysis of such data and information is one additional and
important means of designing programmes for the implementation of the rights
of the child.
29.
It is the recommendation of the Committee that the principles and
provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child be widely disseminated
throughout the country, including through the mass media, such as radio and
television. It is suggested that the State party may wish to request the
cooperation of the United Nations Children’s Fund in this regard. The
translation of the Convention into the major national minority languages would
form an integral part of these dissemination activities.
30.
The Committee would also like to recommend that measures be taken to
incorporate education on the principles and provisions of the Convention into
training programmes for different professionals working with or for children,
including social workers, personnel in welfare institutions, doctors, health
and family planning workers, teachers, judges, lawyers, police, personnel in
detention facilities and armed forces personnel as well as government
officials and decision makers.