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8.
The Committee recommends that the State party ensure a comprehensive and
effective implementation of all policies regarding children throughout the country,
including by strengthening coordination between the different bodies involved in the
implementation of the Convention in order to ensure respect of its principles and
provisions for all children within the State jurisdiction. The State party may also consider
establishing a single permanent body to coordinate the implementation of the Convention,
including by effectively coordinating activities between central and local authorities.
National Plan of Action
9.
The Committee is concerned that there is no comprehensive and well-structured strategy
for the implementation of the Convention in the State party.
10.
The Committee recommends that the State party develop - in a participatory way
and in consultation with all stakeholders, including children, parents and civil society - a
national plan of action for children, which should aim at the implementation of the
principles and provisions of the Convention and take into account, inter alia, the outcome
document “A world fit for children” adopted by the General Assembly special session in
May 2002. The Committee further recommends that the State party provide the
budgetary resources necessary for the effective implementation of the plan of action. The
State party is invited to provide further information in this respect in its next periodic
report.
Independent monitoring
11.
The Committee notes that the National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights
receives complaints from citizens of Turkmenistan, but is concerned about its ineffectiveness and
lack of independence. A specialized body responsible for the independent monitoring of the
implementation of the Convention in practice is lacking. Furthermore, the Committee is
concerned that the ability of this body to obtain redress for the victims is very limited.
12.
The Committee recommends that the State party, taking into account the
Committee’s general comment No. 2 on the role of independent national human rights
institutions in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child:
(a)
Establish an independent national human rights institution for the
promotion and monitoring of the implementation of the Convention in accordance with the
Paris Principles (General Assembly resolution 48/134);
(b)
Ensure that such a body is provided with adequate financial resources and
personnel capable of dealing with complaints filed by children, or on behalf of children, in
a child-sensitive and expeditious manner;
(c)
Ensure that children have effective remedies for the violations of their rights
under the Convention;
(d)
Seek technical assistance from, among others, UNICEF in the establishment
of this mechanism.