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subjects of rights and can become active participants in and contributors to society.
The State party should set up a comprehensive policy to develop inclusive education
and ensure that inclusive education is given priority over the placement of children in
specialized institutions, while paying particular attention to children with mental and
multiple disabilities.
Adolescent health
35.
Taking into consideration that the State party has still not recognized rape and
incest as valid grounds for abortion, the Committee recommends that the State party
decriminalize abortion in all circumstances and ensure access to safe abortion and
post-abortion care services for adolescents. In the light of general comment No. 4
(2003) on adolescent health and development in the context of the Convention and
general comment No. 15 (2013) on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the
highest attainable standard of health, the Committee recommends that the State party
adopt a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health policy for adolescents. It also
recommends that the State party ensure that sexual and reproductive health
education is part of the mandatory school curriculum and targets adolescent girls and
boys, with special attention paid to preventing early pregnancy and sexually
transmitted infections and fostering responsible sexual behaviour, particularly among
boys.
H.
Education, leisure and cultural activities (arts. 28-31)
Education and the aims of education
36.
The Committee recommends that the State party ensure by law that primary
education is compulsory for both girls and boys, send clear instructions to all
education facilities in that respect and sanction parents who refuse to enrol their
children in schools. The Committee also recommends that the State party ensure the
same quality of education and educational options for girls and boys, and that
physical education is made mandatory for girls. The State party should also, taking
into account the Committee’s general comment No. 1 (2001) on the aims of education,
strengthen its efforts to generalize non-stereotyped educational curricula, addressing
the structural causes of gender-based discrimination.
I.
Special protection measures (arts. 22, 30, 32-33, 35, 36, 37 (b)-(d) and
38-40)
Asylum-seeking and refugee children
37.
While commending the State party for extending visas to Syrian refugees and
issuing a Royal Decree regularizing the legal status of many Yemenis, including
Yemeni children residing irregularly in the State party, the Committee recommends
that the State party reinforce its cooperation with UNHCR with a view to undertaking
a census of asylum-seeking and refugee children living on the territory of the State
party and to responding to their specific protection needs. The State party should
adopt the legal framework and all the measures necessary to effectively guarantee
asylum-seeking and refugee children their rights under the Convention. In that
respect, the Committee draws the attention of the State party to the guidelines issued
by UNHCR in December 2009 on asylum claims made by children. The Committee
also recommends that the State party consider ratifying the 1951 Convention on the
Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
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