CRC/C/SAU/CO/2 page 14 of girls in education, it recommends that the State party take measures to break down stereotypical attitudes about the roles and responsibilities of women and men and to critically review its school curricula with a view to abolishing all discriminatory practices in education, including girls’ limited access to vocational education and training. 8. Special protection measures (arts. 22, 30, 38, 39, 40, 37 (b)-(d), 32-36 of the Convention) Refugee children 67. The Committee regrets the lack of information on asylum-seeking and refugee children in the State party. It is also concerned about the inadequate legal framework governing the treatment of refugees and asylum-seekers. 68. The Committee recommends that the State party, taking into account article 22 and other relevant provisions of the Convention, take all feasible measures to ensure full protection and care, as well as access to health and social services and to education, of asylum-seeking and refugee children in Saudi Arabia. It recommends that the State party accede to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. In addition, the Committee draws the attention of the State party to its general comment No. 6 (CRC/GC/2005/6) on treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin and recommends that the State party seek technical assistance from UNHCR. Children of non-Saudi (migrant) workers 69. Noting the very high number of non-Saudi (migrant) workers in the State party, and the status of female domestic workers on the margins of society, the Committee is concerned about the situation and vulnerability of non-Saudi (migrant) workers’ children in the Saudi society. It notes with concern that non-Saudi (migrant) workers’ children without legal residence status do not have access to health services or to education. The Committee is deeply concerned about the imprisonment of female non-Saudi (migrant) workers for their “illegal pregnancies” and the living conditions of non-Saudi (migrant) workers’ children living in prison with their parents. 70. In the light of article 2 of the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State party take all appropriate measures to ensure that each child living within its jurisdiction enjoys without discrimination the rights set forth in the Convention. It recommends that the State party develop and implement policies and practices to better protect and serve children of migrant workers. The Committee urges the State party to end as a matter of priority the arrest and imprisonment of unmarried non-Saudi (migrant) women who become pregnant, including victims of sexual violence. It further recommends that the State party develop and implement adequate alternative care for children who are removed from prison and allow them to maintain personal relations and direct contact with their mothers remaining in prison. In addition, the Committee encourages the State party to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.

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