CRC/C/DNK/CO/4 30. The Committee recommends that the State party provide a framework for reporting on child rights by Danish corporations, including multinational corporations headquartered in Denmark, and for the National Contact Point to address cases of non-compliance, including extraterritorially, by Danish multinational enterprises. In so doing, the Committee recommends that the State party apply the relevant provisions of the Convention. The Committee further encourages the State party to give due consideration to experiences from around the world in the application of, inter alia, the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework to the operations of private and public corporations, particularly in respect to child rights. B. General principles (arts. 2, 3, 6 and 12 of the Convention) Non-discrimination 31. The Committee expresses concern at the State party’s new immigration laws, which came into force on 1 August 2010, due to the negative effect of, inter alia, the increase in the level of difficulty of the criteria for non-nationals to receive residency rights, and the foregoing of public benefits in exchange for points under the new points-based criteria. The Committee is concerned that this may have the de facto effect of exacerbating discrimination against immigrants, especially Roma children with respect to their access to education and other essential social services. In this context, the Committee is also concerned at the disparity in State assistance provided to disadvantaged families newly arrived in the State party, the majority of whom belong to ethnic minorities, compared to the assistance provided to other residents in similar circumstances. 32. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure access to social services and to State assistance for families in disadvantaged situations, on an equitable basis. In doing so, the Committee urges the State party to collect and analyse disaggregated data to comprehensively monitor and address de facto discrimination, including multiple discrimination that may particularly affect boys and girls who belong to ethnic minorities and/or who have special needs or are in situations of vulnerability. 33. The Committee calls upon the State party to ensure the effective enforcement of protective laws, to undertake studies and launch comprehensive public information campaigns to prevent and combat all forms of discrimination, and to sensitize society to the situation and needs of children within the society and particularly within the family. In this regard, the Committee requests that specific information be included in the next periodic report on the measures and programmes undertaken to follow up on the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted at the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, taking into account the Committee’s general comment No. 1 (2001) on the aims of education, and in doing so strengthen its efforts to promote values and behaviour free of discrimination on any ground, including gender, ethnic origin, immigration status, disabilities, sexual orientation and any other. Best interests of the child 34. While welcoming the new focus on the best interests of the child encompassed by the Child Reform Act, the Committee remains concerned that it is not yet given sufficient consideration in, particularly, the determination by municipalities of the placement of a child outside his or her home as well as in the applications from unaccompanied asylumseeking children. 6

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