E/C.12/CHN/CO/2 Domestic violence 58. While noting that legislation on domestic violence is under consideration, the Committee is concerned about the prevalence of domestic violence in Macao, China, and regrets that domestic violence has not yet been recognized as a public offence (art. 10). The Committee recommends that Macao, China speed up the process of adoption of specific legislation criminalizing domestic violence. The Committee calls on Macao, China, to take all necessary effective measures to prevent incidents of domestic violence, and to ensure that protective measures, including restraining orders and shelters, are effective and accessible to victims of domestic violence. The Committee also recommends that Macao, China, conduct media campaigns targeting all segments of the population, in particular law enforcement officials, with a view to changing society’s attitudes regarding domestic violence. Adequate housing 59. The Committee is concerned about the amendment to the Economic Housing Law, which replaced the long-term application system by an ad-hoc application system and which provides that once all available units are allocated, the remaining applicants will be dismissed and will have to apply again in the next application period (art. 11). The Committee recommends that Macao, China, adopt all necessary measures to guarantee the right to adequate housing for everyone, in particular for all those in need of social housing and those who are no longer eligible for it. The Committee also urges Macao, China, to take appropriate measures to address the problem of the long waiting list for social housing. The Committee draws the attention of Macao, China to its general comment No. 4 (1991) on the right to housing. Access to education 60. The Committee is concerned that free primary education is not provided to children of migrants in Macao, China. The Committee is also concerned that children with disabilities experience de facto discrimination and have limited access to inclusive education and to teachers trained specially to educate children with disabilities (art. 13 and 14). In line with its previous recommendation (E/C.12/1/Add.107, para. 126), the Committee urges Macao, China, to adopt all necessary measures to ensure access to free compulsory education to all children in the State party, including children of migrants. The Committee also recommends that the State party take appropriate measures to guarantee an inclusive education for children with disabilities and to ensure that teachers are trained to educate them within regular schools. F. Other recommendations 61. The Committee notes the absence of reliable statistics that would allow for an accurate assessment of the fulfilment of economic, social and cultural rights in the State party, including Hong Kong, China, and Macao, China. The Committee urges the State party, including Hong Kong, China, and Macao, China, to develop systematic data collection and the production and use of statistics for human rights indicators, including for economic, social and cultural rights based upon such data. In this respect, the Committee refers the State party, including Hong Kong, China, and Macao, China, to the conceptual and methodological framework for human rights indicators developed by the Office of the United Nations High 18

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