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language, the rights of internally displaced children and continued discrimination on the
basis of ethnicity in those regions.
IV. Main areas of concern and recommendations
5.
The Committee reminds the State party of the indivisibility and interdependence of
all the rights enshrined in the Convention and emphasizes the importance of all the
recommendations contained in the present concluding observations. The Committee would
like to draw the State party’s attention to the recommendations concerning the following
areas, in respect of which urgent measures must be taken: corporal punishment and child
abuse (paras. 21-22), sexual exploitation and abuse (paras. 23-24), family environment
(paras. 26-27), children with disabilities (paras. 29-30), health and health services (paras.
31-32) and internally displaced children (paras. 38-39).
A.
General measures of implementation (arts. 4, 42 and 44 (6))
Legislation
6.
The Committee encourages the State party to continue its efforts to adopt a law
on the rights of the child, to incorporate all provisions of the Convention and its
optional protocols, and to seek technical assistance from, inter alia, the United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to do so.
Comprehensive policy and strategy
7.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Carry out the necessary evaluation of progress achieved by the three
child action plans which have been implemented, to identify possible deficiencies and
develop indicators and measurable targets for monitoring the chapter on children in
the national action plan for the protection of human rights for the period 2016-2017;
(b)
Ensure sufficient human, technical and financial resources for the
implementation of the national action plan;
(c)
Develop a distinct comprehensive action plan for the protection of the
rights of the child, with prevention as its core component and in coordination and
complementarity with policy measures aimed at minorities.
Coordination
8.
The Committee notes the efforts made for the establishment of a coordination
council for the implementation of the national action plan. It recommends that the
State party allocate to a single body at a high interministerial level, with a clear
mandate and sufficient authority, the principal responsibility for the coordination and
evaluation of the implementation at cross-sectoral, national, regional and local levels
of all aspects of the Convention, related strategies and child action plans. The State
party should also ensure that the coordinating body is provided with the necessary
human, technical and financial resources for its effective operation.
Allocation of resources
9.
In the light of its general comment No. 19 (2016) on public budgeting for the
realization of children’s rights, the Committee recommends that the State party set up
a budgeting process that includes a child-rights perspective, that specifies clear
allocations to children in the relevant sectors and agencies and that includes specific
indicators and a tracking system to monitor and evaluate the adequacy, efficacy and
equitability of the distribution of resources allocated for implementation of the
Convention, including by:
(a)
Ensuring adequate budget allocation for the implementation of
children’s rights and for children in disadvantaged or vulnerable situations, in
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