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UN. Committee on the Rights of the Child (96th sess. : 2024 : Geneva)
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Table of Contents
- Concluding observations on the combined fourth to sixth periodic reports of Paraguay* 1
- I. Introduction 1
- II. Follow-up measures taken and progress achieved by the State party 1
- III. Main areas of concern and recommendations 1
- A. General measures of implementation (arts. 1, 4, 42 and 44 (6)) 2
- Comprehensive policy and strategy 2
- Allocation of resources 2
- Data collection 2
- Access to justice and remedies 3
- Independent monitoring 3
- Dissemination of the Convention and awareness-raising 3
- Cooperation with civil society 3
- Children’s rights and the business sector 3
- B. General principles (arts. 2, 3, 6 and 12) 4
- Non-discrimination 4
- Best interests of the child 4
- Right to life, survival and development 4
- Respect for the views of the child 5
- C. Civil and political rights (arts. 7, 8 and 13–17) 5
- Birth registration and nationality 5
- Freedom of expression 6
- D. Violence against children (arts. 19, 24 (3), 28 (2), 34, 35, 37 (a) and 39 of the Convention, and the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography) 6
- Abuse, neglect and sexual abuse and exploitation 6
- Corporal punishment 7
- Harmful practices 7
- Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 7
- Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 8
- E. Family environment and alternative care (arts. 5, 9–11, 18 (1) and (2), 20, 21, 25 and 27 (4)) 8
- Family environment 8
- Children deprived of a family environment 9
- Children of incarcerated parents 9
- F. Children with disabilities (art. 23) 9
- G. Health (arts. 6, 24 and 33) 10
- Health and health services 10
- Adolescent health 10
- H. Standard of living (arts. 18 (3), 26 and 27 (1)–(3)) 11
- I. Children’s rights and the environment (arts. 2, 3, 6, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 24 and 26–31) 11
- J. Education, leisure and cultural activities (arts. 28–31) 12
- Education: aims and coverage 12
- Early childhood development 12
- Quality of education 13
- Inclusive education 13
- Human rights education 13
- Rest, play, leisure, recreation and cultural and artistic activities 13
- K. Special protection measures (arts. 22, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37 (b)–(d) and 38–40 of the Convention, and the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict) 13
- Asylum-seeking, refugee and migrant children 13
- Children belonging to Indigenous groups 14
- Economic exploitation, including child labour 14
- Children in street situations 15
- Trafficking 15
- Administration of child justice 15
- Children in armed conflict, including the implementation of the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict 15
- L. Ratification of international human rights instruments 16
- M. Cooperation with regional bodies 16
- IV. Implementation and reporting 16
- A. Follow-up and dissemination 16
- B. National mechanism for reporting and follow-up 16
- C. Next report 16