CRC/C/GC/13
(j)
Accountability. It must be ensured that States parties, national and local
agencies and organizations, and relevant civil society stakeholders proactively and
cooperatively establish and apply standards, indicators, tools, and systems of monitoring,
measurement and evaluation to fulfil their obligations and commitments to protect children
from violence. The Committee has consistently expressed its support for systems of
accountability, including in particular through data collection and analysis, indicator
construction, monitoring and evaluation as well as support for independent human rights
institutions. The Committee recommends that States parties publish an annual report on
progress made with regard to the prohibition, prevention and elimination of violence,
submit it to parliament for consideration and discussion, and invite all relevant stakeholders
to respond to the information contained therein.
VII.
Resources for implementation and the need for international
cooperation
73.
States parties’ obligations. In the light of States parties’ obligations under articles 4
and 19, inter alia, the Committee considers that resource constraints cannot provide a
justification for a State party’s failure to take any, or enough, of the measures that are
required for child protection. States parties are therefore urged to adopt comprehensive,
strategic and time-bound coordinating frameworks for child caregiving and protection. In
particular the Committee highlights the necessity to consult with children in the
development of these strategies, frameworks and measures.
74.
Sources of support. Within the context of different starting points highlighted in
paragraph 70, and on the understanding that budgets at national and decentralized levels
should be the primary source of funds for child caregiving and protection strategies, the
Committee draws the attention of States parties to the avenues of international cooperation
and assistance outlined in articles 4 and 45 of the Convention. The Committee calls upon
the following partners to support, both financially and technically, child protection
programmes, including training, which take full account of the requirements stipulated in
article 19 and the Convention more broadly: 27 States parties providing development
cooperation; donor institutions (including the World Bank, private sources and
foundations); United Nations agencies and organizations; and other international and
regional bodies and organizations. This financial and technical support should be provided
systematically through strong and equitable partnerships, at the national and international
levels. Child rights-based protection programmes should be one of the main components in
assisting sustainable development in countries receiving international assistance. The
Committee also encourages such bodies to continue to work with the Committee, the
Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children and other
international and regional human rights mechanisms to advance this goal.
75.
Resources needed at the international level. Investment is also needed in the
following areas at the international level to assist States parties to fulfil their obligations in
relation to article 19:
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See general comment No. 5 (paras. 61, 62 and 64) on: the need for the mainstreaming of children’s
rights into international cooperation and technical assistance; the need for such cooperation and
assistance to be guided by, and to fully promote implementation of, the Convention; the allocation of
a substantive part of international aid and assistance specifically to children; and the need for Poverty
Reduction Strategy Papers and sector-wide approaches to development to include a strong focus on
children’s rights.
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