CRC/C/15/Add.170 page 8 Life, survival and development 36. The Committee is concerned: (a) At the very high rate of accidents, especially road accidents and domestic accidents of poisoning, of which children are victims in the State party; (b) At the very poor educational and health statistics relating to children from Roma communities. 37. The Committee recommends that the State party take steps: (a) children; To prevent road accidents and domestic accidents of poisoning involving (b) To improve respect for the rights to life, survival and development of Roma children, including through proactive efforts on the part of relevant authorities. Respect for the views of the child 38. The Committee is concerned that children’s opinions are insufficiently taken into consideration in the context of judicial or administrative decisions, including in the context of child custody procedures following parental separation and decisions to place a child in a State institution, foster care, or other form of alternative care. The Committee is also concerned that the Youth Parliament does not represent the views of a sufficiently wide spectrum of children in the State party. 39. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Strengthen its efforts, including in respect of legislation, to ensure that children’s views are heard and taken into consideration in all judicial, administrative and other decisions affecting them and in accordance with the child’s age and maturity; (b) Ensure that the Youth Parliament is representative of all sectors of the State party’s child population, including children from distinct ethnic, religious, linguistic or cultural groups. 4. Civil rights and freedoms Right to a name and identity 40. The Committee is concerned: (a) That the right of some children, and particularly child members of some distinct ethnic, religious, linguistic and cultural groups such as the Roma, to birth registration is not respected as a result of a lack of information on birth registration procedures, a lack of legal representation for particular population groups and the lack of sufficiently decentralized services;

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