Concluding observations on the 7th periodic reports of Argentina : Committee on the Rights of the Child

Table of Contents

• Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Argentina* 1
• I. Introduction 1
• II. Follow-up measures taken and progress achieved by the State party 1
• III. Main areas of concern and recommendations 2
• A. General measures of implementation (arts. 1, 4, 42 and 44 (6)) 2
• Reservations and declarations 2
• Legislation 2
• Comprehensive policy and strategy 2
• Coordination 3
• Allocation of resources 3
• Data collection 3
• Access to justice and remedies 4
• Independent monitoring 4
• Children’s rights and the business sector 4
• B. General principles (arts. 2, 3, 6 and 12) 5
• Non-discrimination 5
• Right to life, survival and development 5
• Respect for the views of the child 5
• C. Civil and political rights (arts. 7, 8 and 13–17) 6
• Birth registration and nationality 6
• Freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly 6
• Right to privacy 6
• Access to appropriate information 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) 7
• Abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse and exploitation 7
• Gender-based violence 7
• Harmful practices 8
• Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 8
• 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)) 9
• Family environment 9
• Children deprived of a family environment 9
• Adoption 10
• Children of incarcerated parents 10
• F. Children with disabilities (art. 23) 10
• G. Health (arts. 6, 24 and 33) 11
• Health and health services 11
• Mental health 11
• Adolescent health 11
• Nutrition 12
• Intersex children 12
• H. Standard of living (arts. 18 (3), 26 and 27 (1)–(3)) 12
• I. Children’s rights and the environment (arts. 2, 3, 6, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 24 and 26–31) 13
• J. Education, leisure and cultural activities (arts. 28–31) 13
• Aims and coverage of education 13
• Inclusive education 14
• 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) 14
• Asylum-seeking, refugee and migrant children 14
• Children belonging to Indigenous groups 15
• Children in street situations 15
• Economic exploitation, including child labour 15
• Trafficking 15
• Administration of child justice 16
• Children in armed conflict, including the implementation of the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict 17
• L. Cooperation with regional bodies 17
• IV. Implementation and reporting 17
• A. Follow-up and dissemination 17
• B. Next report 17