List of points : New Zealand. 03/07/2003.
CRC/C/Q/NZL/2. (List of Issues)

Convention Abbreviation: CRC
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
Thirty-fourth Session
Pre-sessional Working Group
9-13 June 2003


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 New Zealand (CRC/C/93/Add. 4)


Part I


Under this section the State party is requested to submit in written form additional and updated information, if possible, before 6 August 2003.


A. Data and statistics, if available

1. Please provide disaggregated data (by gender, age groups, minority and indigenous groups, urban, rural and remote areas) covering the period between 2000 and 2002 on the number and proportion of children under 18 living in the State party.

2. In light of article 4 of the Convention, please provide additional disaggregated data for 2001- 2003, on budget allocations and trends (in percentages of the national and regional budgets or GDP) allocated to the implementation of the Convention, evaluating also the priorities for budgetary expenditures given to the following:
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) support for children living below the poverty line;
f) the protection of children who are in need of alternative care including the support of care institutions;
g) programmes and activities for the prevention of and protection from child abuse, child sexual exploitation and child labour;
h) programmes and services for street children and abandoned children;
i) juvenile justice.

Please also indicate the expenses of the private sector, in particular for health and education.

3. With reference to children deprived of a family environment and separated from parents, please provide disaggregated data (by gender, age groups, minority and indigenous groups, urban, rural and remote areas) for the last three years on the number of children:
a) separated from their parents;
b) placed in institutions;
c) placed with foster families;
d) adopted domestically or through inter-country adoptions.

4. Please specify the number of children with disabilities, disaggregated by sex, age indigenous and minority group, covering the period 2000 - 2002:
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, minority and indigenous group and types of violations reported) over the period 2000 – 2002 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 (by gender, age groups, minority and indigenous groups, urban, rural and remote areas) covering the period between 2000 and 2002 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 (by gender, age groups, minority and indigenous groups, urban, rural and remote areas) on adolescent health, including early pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); mental health, suicide, drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse as well as rates of infant and child mortality and of malnutrition covering the period between 2000 and 2002. Also, please provide numbers of health professionals working in the health care services for children.

8. Please provide disaggregated statistical data (including by gender, age groups, minority and indigenous groups, urban, rural and remote areas) on children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS, as well as information on programmes implemented to address the problems of these children.

9. Please provide appropriate disaggregated data (including by gender, age, minority and indigenous groups, and type of crime) covering the period between 2000 and 2002, 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 related to offences including length of deprivation of liberty;
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.

10. With reference to special protection measures, please provide statistical data (including by gender, age, urban/rural areas) per year between 2000 and 2002 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 unaccompanied minors, asylum-seeking and refugee 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.71) have not yet been fully implemented, in particular those related to the harmonization of domestic legislation with the Convention including the age of criminal responsibility and minimum age of employment (para. 23) and the prohibition of corporal punishment and establishment of mechanisms to ensure the recovery of victims of ill-treatment and abuse (para. 29).

2. In light of the Vienna Declaration and Plan of Action of the World Conference on Human Rights of 1993, please provide information on measures taken by the State party to withdraw its reservations to articles 32(2) and 37(c). Please also indicate whether the State party will extend the application of the Convention to Tokelau.

3. Please further provide information on cases where the Convention has been invoked in courts.

4. Please provide information on the content and implementation of Children's Policy and Research Agenda and the Youth Development Strategy Aotearoa. Please also explain implementation processes and modalities of monitoring and evaluating its implementation.

5. Please provide updated information on mechanisms to coordinate policies and programmes on children's rights, including services for children.

6. Please provide updated information on efforts to strengthen the Office of the Commissioner for Children.

7. Please provide further information on efforts to provide training, awareness and information on the Convention and on human rights in general.

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, 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.

Part IV

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. This list is not exhaustive as other issues might be raised in the course of the dialogue.

1. The implementation of the obligation for the best interests of the child to be a primary consideration (art. 3).
2. Child poverty and inequalities, in the context of economic reform and restructuring.
3. Violence against children, including corporal punishment.
4. Child abuse and neglect.
5. Children with disabilities.
6. Adolescent health, including mental health.
7. Juvenile justice.
8. Minority and indigenous children, including their access to education.
9. Child labour
10. Refugee children.
11. Sexual exploitation.


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