CRC/C/SLV/CO/3-4
71.
The Committee recommends that the State party create more public and safe
places at the community level for sports, cultural, leisure and recreational activities.
To this end, the Committee encourages the State party to strengthen the institutional
capacity in the area of development of recreation and leisure programmes and
activities for children.
8.
Special protection measures (arts. 22; 30; 38; 39; 40; 37 (b)-(d), and 3236 of the Convention)
Children affected by migration
72.
The Committee is concerned about the impact of migration on the enjoyment by
children of their rights (about three million Salvadorans are believed to live outside the
country because of economic migration) and is concerned in particular at the situation of
migrant children - especially those unaccompanied and in an irregular or undocumented
situation – who are particularly vulnerable to becoming victims of exploitation and abuse,
notably sexual and economic exploitation, and have difficulties of reintegration when
forcibly returned home from the country of destination.
73.
The Committee recommends that the State party, taking into account the
Committee’s general comment No. 6 (2005) on the treatment of unaccompanied and
separated children outside their country of origin:
(a)
Pay special attention to the situation of migrant children, particularly
those unaccompanied and in irregular and/or undocumented situations;
(b)
Intensify its efforts to prevent irregular migration, including by raising
awareness about the risks involved, and promoting adequate conditions for the
resettlement and reintegration of these children and their families upon their return;
(c)
respect.
Strengthen bilateral, regional and international cooperation in this
Children in armed conflict
74.
The Committee is concerned at the lack of information concerning the follow-up
given to the recommendations contained in the concluding observations on the State party’s
initial report under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the involvement of children
in armed conflict (CRC/C/OPAC/SLV/CO/1).
75.
The Committee refers for this section to its concluding observations on the
State party’s initial report under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the
involvement of children in armed conflict. In particular, the Committee reiterates
some of those recommendations, on which it would appreciate information on the
follow-up given by the State party, including on:
(a)
The explicit prohibition by law of the recruitment of children under 15
years into armed forces/groups and their direct participation in hostilities (para. 5(a));
(b)
The explicit prohibition by law of the violation of the provisions of the
Optional Protocol regarding the recruitment and involving of children in hostilities
(para. 5(b));
(c)
The ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
(para. 5(e));
(d)
The abolition by law of the voluntary recruitment of 16 and 17- yearolds, so as to reflect the situation in practice (para. 17(b)).
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