CRC/C/DZA/CO/3-4
concerned about Law No. 12-06 of 12 January 2012 on associations, which greatly reduces
the possibility for associations to receive funds from international donors and may therefore
have a detrimental impact on the activities of non-governmental organizations working for
the promotion and protection of the rights of the child.
28.
The Committee urges the State party to take concrete steps to facilitate and
give legitimate recognition to human rights defenders and their work, including those
who report child rights violations for appropriate State party’s action, to ensure that
non-governmental organizations and journalists can safely carry out their functions in
a manner consistent with the principles of a democratic society.
B.
General principles (arts. 2, 3, 6 and 12 of the Convention)
Non-discrimination
29.
The Committee notes with satisfaction the measures taken by the State party to
increase girls’ school enrolment. The Committee however expresses concern at the
persistence of legal provisions that discriminate against girls and women such as those
related to inheritance contained in the 2005 Family Code. The Committee is also concerned
that limited measures have been taken by the State party to change societal discriminatory
and patriarchal attitudes and behaviours as well as stereotyping of gender roles. The
Committee further reiterates its concern (CRC/C/15/Add.269, para.26) at the persistent de
facto discrimination faced by children with disabilities, children living in poverty, children
born out of wedlock, working children, children in conflict with the law, street children,
children living in rural areas and Western Saharan refugee children.
30.
The Committee urges the State party:
(a)
To repeal all legal provisions that discriminate against girls and women,
in particular those relating to inheritance;
(b)
To take all the necessary measures to eliminate societal discrimination
against women and girls through public educational programmes, including
campaigns organized in cooperation with opinion leaders, families and the media in
line with the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women (CEDAW/C/DZA/CO/3-4, para. 28), and
(c)
To adopt and implement a comprehensive strategy addressing all forms
of discrimination, including multiple forms of discrimination against all groups of
children in vulnerable situations, and implement it in coordination with a wide range
of stakeholders and involving all sectors of society so as to facilitate social and cultural
change and the creation of an enabling environment that is supportive of equality
among children.
Best interests of the child
31.
The Committee notes with satisfaction that the principle of the best interests of the
child was included in the Family Code in 2005 as a principle to follow in all family-related
decisions and that, according to the Law No. 08-09 of 25 February 2008 related to civil and
administrative procedures, magistrates have the obligation to take this principle into
consideration. The Committee is however concerned that the general principle of the best
interests of the child has not been incorporated in all legislation concerning children and is
therefore not applied in all administrative and judicial proceedings, nor in policies and
programmes relating to children.
32.
The Committee urges the State party to strengthen its efforts to ensure that the
principle of the best interests of the child is appropriately integrated and consistently
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