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CRC/C/Q/LEB/2
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CRC/C/Q/LEB/2
24 October 2001
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
Twenty-ninth session
Pre-sessional Working Group
15-19 October 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 second periodic report of Lebanon (CRC/C/70/Add.8)
PART I
Under this section the State party is requested to submit in
written form
additional and updated information, if possible (
before 3 December 2001)
:
A. Data and statistics
1. Please provide disaggregated data (by gender, age, religious minorities or ethnic groups, urban or rural areas) covering the period between 1998 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 under 5, affected by acute and chronic malnutrition;
(e) number of children with disabilities either taken care at home or living in institutions, either governmental, local or contracted to the private sector or NGOs;
(f) number of children in foster care or institutions and frequency of review of
placement;
(g) number of children in domestic and intercountry adoptions;
(h) number of children living on the streets;
(i) number and proportion of children under 18 who get married.
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 in percentages of the national budget, devoted to children at central and local levels, preferably in the last three 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) social welfare support to families, foster families and institutions;
(e) juvenile justice;
(f) Please indicate the State allocations paid as subsidies to the private sector and NGOs in all above-mentioned sectors and criteria for payments.
Please also indicate the percentages of these allocations derived from international sources and its connection to expenses for children's rights.
3. Please provide disaggregated data (by age, gender and types of violations reported) on the:
(a) child abuse and neglect, sexual abuse, including within the family;
(b) number of individual complaints received by the Internal Security Forces per year between 1998 and 2000;
(c) number and percentage of reports which have resulted in either a court decision or other types of follow-up by social public or private welfare institutions at the national or local levels.
4. Please provide disaggregated data (including by gender, age, minority or ethnic groups and urban/rural areas) covering the period between 1998 and 2000 in public and private schools on the:
(a) rate of literacy below and over 18 years;
(b) enrolment in percentage of children in pre-primary and primary schools;
(c) enrolment 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 and ratio of qualified teachers;
(g) number of children with disabilities integrated in regular school;
(h) number of Palestinian children enrolled in Lebanese schools.
5. Please provide disaggregated statistical data (including by gender, age, minority or ethnic group and region) on adolescent health, including early pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), HIV/AIDS, drug and alcohol abuse covering the period between 1998 and 2000.
6. Please provide appropriate disaggregated data (including by gender, age, minority or ethnic group and type of crime) covering the period between 1998 and 2000, 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;
(e) the percentage of recidivism cases;
(f) reported cases of abuse and maltreatment of children occurred during their arrest and detention.
7. With reference to special protection measures, please provide statistical data (including by gender, age, urban/rural areas) per year between 1998 and 2000 on the number of children:
(a) involved in sexual exploitation, including prostitution, pornography and trafficking;
(b) involved in sexual exploitation who received rehabilitation treatments;
(c) involved in child labour who are under 14;
(d) in psychological rehabilitation programmes, following the armed conflict;
(e) resident in Lebanon as members of Palestinian refugee families or of Syrian migrant workers.
B. General measures of implementation
1. While noting the partial implementation of recommendations 25, 29, 33, 39 and 43 of the Committee's previous concluding observations (CRC/C/15/Add.54, 7 June 1996, paras. 22-46), please provide further information about follow-up measures taken for the implementation of the other recommendations, in particular those mentioned in paragraphs 26, 30, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41 and 45.
2. Please provide information on cases where the Convention has been invoked before domestic courts.
3. Please provide further information on the Higher Council for Childhood, its status, mandate, timeframe, human and financial resources and achievements and possible steps taken to establish a coordinating mechanism;
4. Please provide information regarding the assessment of the implementation of the National Plan of Action for the Survival, Protection and Development of Children 1995 (para. 180) and also on the preparation of a new plan of action (para. 546) by the Higher Council of Childhood.
5. Please indicate whether an Ombudsman or a similar mechanism has been established for monitoring progress in the implementation of the Convention and to receive individual complaints.
6. Please provide any information available analysing the social significance of public spending in the implementation of the Convention and in particular regarding the five most prominent priority areas set by the State party for the next five years.
7. In the light of the information received and concerns about the (non) compliance of the draft juvenile justice law with the provisions of the Convention, please provide the Committee with a copy (preferably in English) of the draft, if possible with explanatory notes and provide information about the status of this draft (Bill submitted to Parliament; adopted by Parliament, etc.).
PART II
Please provide 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, the State party is to briefly (3 pages maximum) update 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.
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 RESPONSES. This list is not exhaustive as other issues might be raised in the course of the dialogue.
The dialogue with the State party might include issues such as:
1. Information about the implementation in practice (e.g., in court decisions, in decisions by administrative bodies, in developing national and local policies on children's issues) of the principles of non-discrimination (art. 2), the best interests of the child (art. 3), the right to life, survival and development (art. 6) and the right of the child to be heard (art. 12).
2. Legislative steps and/or reviews undertaken to ensure that the minimum ages for marriage, custodial care, and criminal responsibility in the Civil Code and the Personal Status Laws are in line with the provisions of the Convention, including in particular the principles of the right to non-discrimination, the best interests of the child and respecting the views of the child according to age and maturity and the right to development.
3. Registration and nationality laws and procedures, in particular with respect to the situation of children born to non-Lebanese fathers, and Palestinian children not eligible for registration with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).
4. The situation of abuse and neglect, including sexual abuse within the family, and domestic violence. Strategies developed to prevent child abuse and mechanisms established to adequately assist both the victims and perpetrators of abuse. Further, the use of corporal punishment, however light, in families, schools, care and other institutions and whether this issue has been addressed through legislation, policies or programmes designed to combat societal attitudes and customs in this respect.
5. Situation of children separated from their families through institutionalization and monitoring and evaluation of social welfare institutions contracted to NGOs. Measures taken to ensure provision and regulation of quality nursery care, particularly for those children living in remote rural areas. Situation of intercountry adoptions.
6. Availability, quality and efficiency of public and private health-care services for children, particularly in rural areas, and for those without health insurance or of limited financial means. Access of Palestinian children to health services and the situation of children with disabilities.
7. Effect and impact of measures taken to ensure primary education is compulsory and available free to all. The situation with respect to school drop-out rates, regional differences, state and private inequalities and access to education for girls. The success of governmental and non-governmental programmes targeted at reducing illiteracy amongst older children. The implementation of school curricula in public and private education, which reflect the principles of the Convention and the adequacy of curricula in secondary school in relation to high drop-out rates.
8. Measures taken to promote the access of girls to technical and vocational and university enrolment.
9. Please provide information on any comprehensive strategy, analyses on forecasting costs for public investment in education, health and social services for children, and on regulations on standards as to the quality of the services used in agreements between the Ministry of Social Affairs and the private sectors or NGOs. Please also provide any information available analysing the social significance of public and private spending in the field of childhood.
10. Measures taken to guarantee the rights of children of Palestinian refugees and children of Syrian migrant workers, and extent of international cooperation with UNRWA.
11. Measures taken to implement policies and programmes, and enforce laws, designed to combat child labour. Information about children working in hazardous occupations representing a danger to their physical health and development, and the vulnerability of street children to economic exploitation.
12. With respect to children in conflict with the law, issues including the low age of criminal responsibility, the separation of children from the general prison population, particularly girls, effective monitoring of facilities, and the deprivation of liberty as a measure of last resort, as well as the conformity of legislation and practice in the area of juvenile justice with international juvenile justice standards.
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