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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;