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(d)
Take due account of the recommendations adopted by the Committee after
its day of general discussion in September 2003 on the rights of indigenous children and
pay particular attention to the recommendation by OHCHR and those presented by the
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of
indigenous people in his 2004 mission report.
9. Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
96.
The Committee encourages the submission of the initial reports of Colombia under
both Optional Protocols in a timely manner, and if possible, at the same time, to facilitate
the review process.
10. Follow-up and dissemination
Follow-up
97.
The Committee recommends that the State party take all appropriate measures to
ensure full implementation of the present recommendations, inter alia, by transmitting
them to the members of relevant ministries, the Congress and to departmental
governments, for appropriate consideration and further action.
Dissemination
98.
The Committee further recommends that the third periodic report and written
replies submitted by the State party and related recommendations (concluding
observations) adopted by the Committee be made widely available in the relevant
languages (such as those of indigenous peoples), including through Internet (but not
exclusively), to the public at large, civil society organizations, youth groups, and children
in order to generate debate and awareness of the Convention, its implementation and
monitoring.
11. Next report
99.
The Committee invites the State party to submit a consolidated fourth and
fifth periodic report, by 26 August 2011 (that is, 18 months before the due date of
the fifth report). This is an exceptional measure due to the large number of reports
received by the Committee every year and the consequent delay between the date of
submission of a State party’s report and its consideration by the Committee. This report
should not exceed 120 pages (see CRC/C/118). The Committee expects the State party to
report every five years thereafter, as foreseen by the Convention.
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