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Convention Abbreviation: CRC
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
32nd Session
Pre-sessional Working Group
7 – 11 October 2002
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
List of issues to be taken up in connection with the consideration of
the second periodic report of the Czech Republic (CRC/C/83/Add.4)
Part I
Under this section the State party is requested to submit in written form additional and updated information, if available, before the 29th November 2002.
A. Data and statistics
1. Please provide disaggregated data (by gender, age, minority groups, urban or rural areas) covering the period between 1999 and 2001 on the:
a) number and proportion of children under 18 living in the State party;
b) number and proportion of children belonging to minority, refugee and internally displaced groups;
c) rates of infant and child mortality and of malnutrition.
2. In light of article 4 of the Convention, please provide information and disaggregated data on the amount and proportion, in percentages, of national budget, devoted to children at central and local level, preferably in the last 3 years (2000 - 2002), for:
a) education (different types of education, i.e. pre-primary, primary and secondary education);
b) health care (different types of health services, i.e. primary health care, vaccination programmes, adolescent health care and other health care services for children);
c) programmes and services for children with disabilities;
d) support programmes for families;
e) the protection of children who are in need of alternative care including the support of care institutions;
f) programmes and activities for the prevention of and protection from child abuse, child sexual exploitation and child labour;
g) juvenile justice.
Please also indicate the percentages of these allocations derived from international sources and its connection to expenses for children's rights.
3. With reference to children deprived of a family environment and separated from parents, please provide disaggregated data (by age and gender) for the last three years on the number of children:
a) separated from their parents;
b) placed in institutions or with foster families;
c) adopted domestically or through inter country adoptions.
4. Please specify the number of children with disabilities, disaggregated by sex and age, per year over the years 1999 - 2001:
a) living with their families;
b) in institutions;
c) attending regular schools; and
d) attending special schools.
5. With reference to child abuse, please provide disaggregated data (by age, gender and types of violations reported) over the past 3 years (1999 – 2001) on the:
a) number of individual complaints received per year in the last three years;
b) number and percentage of reports which have resulted in either a court decision or other types of follow-up.
6. Please provide disaggregated data (including by gender, age, and urban/rural areas) covering the period between 1999 and 2001 on:
a) the enrolment and completion rates in percentages of the relevant group in pre-primary schools, in primary schools and in secondary schools;
b) number and percentage of drop-outs and repetitions;
c) ratio teacher per children.
7. Please provide disaggregated statistical data (including by gender, age, region) on adolescent health, including vaccination coverage, early pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), HIV/AIDS, mental health, drug and alcohol abuse covering the period between 1999 and 2001.
8. Please provide appropriate disaggregated data (including by gender, age and type of crime) covering the period between 1999 and 2001, in particular on the number of:
a) minors, who have allegedly committed a crime, reported to the police;
b) minors who have been sentenced and type of punishment or sanctions;
c) detention facilities for juvenile delinquents and their capacity;
d) minors detained in these facilities and minors detained in adult facilities;
e) minors kept in pre-trail detention and the average length of their detention;
f) reported cases of abuse and maltreatment of children occurred during their arrest and detention.
9. With reference to special protection measures, please provide statistical data (including by gender, age, urban/rural areas) per year between 1999 and 2001 on:
a) the number of children involved in sexual exploitation, including prostitution, pornography and trafficking;
b) the number of children involved in sexual exploitation who received rehabilitation treatments;
c) the number of children involved in child labour who are under 16;
d) the number of street children.
B. General Measures of Implementation
1. Please provide information on the reasons some of the recommendations contained in the Committee's previous observations (CRC/C/15/Add.81) have not yet been fully implemented, in particular those related to paras. 9 and 11 related to coordination and monitoring, para. 13 on the integration of general principles of the Convention into legislative policies, and their subsequent implementation in practice, para. 18 related to corporal punishment, para. 19 related to environmental degradation, para. 25 on the system of administration of juvenile justice.
2. Please indicate if the State party is considering withdrawing its reservation concerning article 7 para. 1 of the Convention.
3. Please provide information on the development (including those involved), implementation and content of any comprehensive child rights policy or national plan of action. Please also explain how the Convention's implementation is coordinated across the actions of different relevant ministries, at national and local levels. Is there a single body with overall responsibility for coordination?
4. Given the existence of poverty among the population, please provide information on a comprehensive strategy and proactive measures to reduce poverty indicating how, and to what extent, families with children benefit from these initiatives. Please indicate, in addition, specific efforts that have been made to ensure that respect for children's rights is not adversely affected because of structural adjustment and decentralization.
5. Please provide information on independent mechanisms for monitoring of the Convention's implementation in the State party (e.g. Ombudsman, National Human Rights Institution or Commissioner for children).
6. Please describe any measures undertaken to strengthen data collection mechanisms and procedures.
Please provide the Committee with copies of the text of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in all official languages of the State party as well as in other languages or dialects, when available. If possible, please submit these texts in electronic form.
Under this section, the State party is to briefly (3 pages maximum) up-date the information provided in its report with regard to:
- New bills or enacted legislation
- New institutions
- Newly implemented policies
- Newly implemented programmes and projects and their scope
The following is a preliminary list of major issues (that does not contain issues already covered in Part I) that the Committee may take up during the dialogue with the State party. They do not require written answers.
1. The State party's strategy to significantly strengthen the Convention's overall implementation with particular attention to its general principles (articles 2, 3, 6 and 12).
2. Efforts to provide training and information on the Convention and on human rights in general.
3. Discrimination, with particular regard to socially marginalised groups, such as the Roma, and children with disabilities.
4. Violence, abuse and neglect including sexual abuse of children, corporal punishment and bullying
5. Family policy.
6. Family alternative care mechanisms, procedures, facilities, inspection and review of placement including institutions and adoption.
7. Progress made in strengthening access to and the quality of health services.
8. Respect for the rights of children with disabilities, including availability of health and education services, assistance with transport and access to buildings.
9. HIV/AIDS, including efforts to support children orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS.
10. Education, including with regard to the quality of education, enrolment in primary and secondary schools, the access of children from socially marginalised groups to education.
11. Family reunification and resettlement for present and former refugee and internally displaced children, and, in particular the situation of unaccompanied minors.
12. Economic exploitation of children, including sexual exploitation of children and trafficking.
13. Substance abuse.
14. Street children.
15. Juvenile justice.
16. Children belonging to national minorities.
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