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CRC/C/Q/CAP/1
15 June 2001

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List of issues : Cape Verde. 15/06/2001.

CRC/C/Q/CAP/1. (List of Issues)

COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
28th Session
Pre-sessional Working Group
11-15 June 2001

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

List of issues to be taken up in connection with the consideration of
the initial report of Cape Verde (CRC/C/11/Add.23)

Part I

Under this section the State party is requested to submit in written form additional and updated information, if available, (before 1 August 2001):

A. Data and statistics

1. Please provide disaggregated data (by gender, age, minority groups, urban or rural areas) covering the years 1998, 1999 and 2000 on the:

a) number and proportion of children under 18 living in the State party;

b) rates of infant and child mortality;
c) proportion of children with low birth weight;
d) proportion of children affected by acute and chronic malnutrition;
e) number of children with disabilities either taken care at home or living in institutions;
f) number of orphans and abandoned children living either in institutions;
g) number of children in domestic and intercountry adoption programme

2. In light of article 4 of the Convention, please provide additional information and disaggregated data (by age and gender) on the amount and proportion of national budget, devoted to children at central and local level, preferably in the last 3 years (1999-2001), to:
a) education (different types of education, i.e. 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) children with disabilities;
d) the protection of children who are in need of alternative care including the support of care institutions
e) juvenile justice.

3. Please provide disaggregated data (by age, gender and types of violations reported), on the:
a) number of reports on violations against children received by police and courts per year in 1998, 1999 and 2000;
b) number and percentage of reports which have resulted in either a court decision or other types of follow-up.

4. Please provide disaggregated data (including by gender, age, minority groups and urban/rural areas) for the years 1998, 1999 and 2000 on the:
a) rate of literacy below and over 18 years;
b) enrollment in percentage of children in primary schools;
c) enrollment in percentage of children in secondary schools;
d) percentage of enrolled children completing primary and secondary schools;
e) number and percentage of drop-outs;
f) ratio teacher per children;
g) number of children with disabilities integrated in regular school.

5. Please provide disaggregated statistical data including by gender, age, minority groups and region, on adolescent health, including sexually transmitted diseases (SDTs), HIV/AIDS, early pregnancy, female genital mutilation (FGM), force-feeding, and drug abuse covering the years 1998, 1999 and 2000.

6. Please provide appropriate disaggregated data (including by gender, age, minority groups and type of crime) on children in conflict with the law for the last three years (1998-2000):

a) number who have allegedly committed a crime reported to the police;b) number who were sentenced by Courts;

c) nature of sanctions (fines, detention, community service, other);d) number of suspended sentences;

e) where the sanction is deprivation of liberty, please further specify the period of detention; f) percentage of recidivism cases;

number of reported cases of abuse and maltreatment of children occurred during their arrest and detention.

B. General Measures of Implementation

1. Please provide information on the compatibility of domestic legislation with the provisions and principle of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Please also indicate, with examples, the status of the Convention in domestic law and whether the Convention is invoked directly by courts and administrative mechanisms.

2. Please provide details of progress made in implementing the State party's National Plan of Action for childhood and adolescence, and its impact on the Convention's implementation.

3. Please explain the State party's child rights policy. Please provide information explaining the mechanisms through which State policy with regard to children's rights is formulated and the means through which policy implementation is co-ordinated. Please also indicate whether the State party has adopted a human rights plan of action.

4. Please explain the mechanisms that exist for monitoring the State party's implementation of the Convention. In particular, please provide information on any independent human rights monitoring mechanisms that may exist.

5. Please provide additional information on the role of NGOs in implementing the Convention in the State party, including the names and activities of relevant NGOs. Please also explain whether any efforts have been made to promote the role of civil society in implementing children's rights.

Part II

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.

Part III

Under this section, States parties are invited, whenever appropriate, to briefly (3 pages maximum) up-date the information provided in their report with regard to:

- new bills or enacted legislation
- new institutions
- newly implemented policies
- newly implemented programmes and projects

Part IV

The following is a preliminary list of major issues that the Committee intends to take up during the dialogue with the State party. They do not require written answers.

1. Measures taken to reduce the rate of infant and child mortality.

2. Measures taken to end discrimination against children, such as through the establishment of family courts to address domestic violence, sexual abuse, incest and other concerns.

3. Child participation in decisions which affect them, including in schools and in the family.

4. Continuing efforts to achieve 100% birth registration.

5. Measures taken to support the family, including single parent families, and address the abandonment of children.

6. Measures taken to strengthen the practice of breast feeding and family planning.

7. Progress made in strengthening home sanitation conditions and access to water, particularly in rural areas and on isolated islands.

8. The access of children with disabilities to education and professional training, and physical access to public buildings. The availability of special education facilities for children with disabilities in need of such assistance.

9. Progress made in increasing the numbers of children who complete primary and secondary education. Progress made in improving teacher training capacity. Why are some adolescents excluded from the system of compulsory education.

10. Measures taken to ensure that all children can speak both Creolo and Portuguese.

11. Measures taken to address sexual abuse and exploitation.

12. Measures taken to address the situation of children living/working on the street.

13. Measures taken to address violence among the general population including young people, and against children in particular.

14. Programmes to prevent practices of trafficking in children.

15. Progress made in improving capacity to apply juvenile justice standards. Whether children aged 16 and 17 are covered by juvenile justice laws and standards.