List of Issues : Pakistan. 03/07/2003.
CRC/C/Q/PAK/2. (List of Issues)

Convention Abbreviation: CRC
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
34th Session
Pre-sessional Working Group
10-13 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 Pakistan (CRC/C/65/Add.21)


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, ethnic minority, urban or rural 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 (by region) for 2001-2003, 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, including pre-school, primary, secondary and special as well as madrassas;
b) Health care, including primary, adolescent and other child related health services;
c) Budget allocation in favour of children with disabilities.
d) Social welfare and support programmes for families;
e) Protection of children who are in need of alternative care including the support of care institutions;
f) Juvenile justice;
Please also indicate the percentages of these allocations derived from international sources.

3. With reference to children deprived of a family environment and separated from their 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;
c) placed with families;
d) with court-appointed guardians.
4. Please provide disaggregated data (by gender, age, urban or rural areas) covering the period 2000-2002 on the number of:
a) children with disabilities;
b) children with disabilities of school age that do not attend school;
c) children with disabilities living with their families;
d) children with disabilities living in institutions.

5. With reference to child abuse, including sexual abuse, please provide disaggregated data for the last three years (by age, gender and types of violations reported), on the: a) number of cases of child abuse reported to police or social or other services;
b) average duration of the case from the time of reporting to a court decision, and please indicate the proportion of those cases in which the victim was removed from her/his family and where he or she was placed;
c) number and proportion of victims that have received counselling and assistance in recovery.

6. Please provide disaggregated statistical data (including by gender, age, region) on adolescent health, including early pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), 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.

7. Please provide disaggregated statistical data (including by gender, age groups, region) for 2000-2002 on children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS, as well as information on programmes implemented to address the problems of these children.

8. Please provide disaggregated data (including by gender, age and urban/rural areas as well as for ethnic minorities) covering the period between 2000 and 2002 on:
a) the enrolment and completion rates in percentages of the relevant group in primary and secondary schools;
b) number and percentages of dropouts and repetitions;
c) ratio teacher per children.

9. Please provide data (disaggregated by age) on the enrolment of persons below18 in armed forces.

10. Please provide statistical data (including, where relevant, by gender, age, type of crime) covering the period between 2000 to 2002 on the:
a) number of juveniles who allegedly committed a crime reported to the police;
b) number of juveniles subject to criminal procedures who were sentenced by Courts to sanctions, and the nature of sanctions (community service; detention; other types of sanctions);
c) number of juveniles detained and imprisoned, the location of their detention or imprisonment (e.g. police station, jail or other);
d) number of suspended sentences;
e) percentage of recidivism cases.

11. With reference to special protection measures please provide, and evaluate, statistical data (including by gender, age, region and municipality, per year) between 2000 and 2002 on:
a) Number of children involved in sexual exploitation, including prostitution, pornography and trafficking, and the number of children provided with access to rehabilitation and other assistance;
b) Number of children involved in child labour (formal and informal sector).

B. General Measures of Implementation

1. The Committee would appreciate receiving information on concrete activities related to recommendations contained in the Committee's previous concluding observations (CRC/C/15/Add.18) which have not yet been implemented, in particular those related to budgetary allocations, child labour, discriminatory practises against girls and the administration of juvenile justice. Please explain the obstacles to implementation and how the State party envisages overcoming them.

2. Please indicate new measures undertaken since the review of the initial report to ensure that domestic legislation is fully in line with the principles and provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including customary law and practises in the tribal areas. Please also specify whether the Convention has been directly invoked in court, and if so, provide some examples.

3. Please provide additional information on the follow-up to the National Plan of Action for Children of 1990, as well as information on the content of and planned measures of implementation for the National Plan of Action that is currently being drafted and how it relates to the outcome document adopted at the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children (2002).

4. In light of article 4, please explain how the State party has allocated its budget resources in order to fulfil its obligations under the Convention, particularly with regards to education and health. Please also indicate the main content of the planned Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) and how child-related issues are reflected in this plan, as well as the extent to which social services for children were taken into account in the PRSP preparations.

5. Please provide information on the governmental bodies responsible for implementation of the Convention and of monitoring the implementation and whether these two tasks are under the responsibility of two separate bodies or if the National Commission for Child Welfare and Development is in charge of both the implementation and the monitoring.

6. Please explain to which independent body persons under 18 can file individual complaints on violations of their rights, as enshrined in the Convention. Please provide details about such body, if existing, on mandate, powers and financial and human resources.

7. Please provide additional information on how governmental institutions cooperate with non-governmental organisations, especially with reference to the participation of
representatives of civil society in the design and implementation of policies and programmes for children.

8. Please provide information on the dissemination of information about the Convention particularly for the public at large as well as for schools and other institutions.

9. Please also provide information on the planned Pakistan Commission for the Welfare and Protection of the Rights of the Child and its planned functions and tasks.

10. Please indicate the issues affecting children that the State party considers to be priorities requiring the most urgent attention with regard to the implementation of the Convention.

Part II

Please provide copies of the text of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in the 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 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. Discrimination against girls and women, against children living in poverty, disabled children, and children belonging to minority and/or indigenous groups.
2. Implementation and monitoring of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including access health and education services, in the northern Tribal Territories.
3. Birth registration, with a particular regard to minority groups and children in rural areas.
4. Corporal punishment in the family, schools and other institutions.
5. Enjoyment by children of their civil rights (articles 13 to 17 of the Convention)
6. Alternative care for children separated from their families.
7. Domestic and inter-country adoptions.
8. Child abuse, including sexual abuse and in relation to this, the Zina Ordinance.
9. The provision of health care.
10. Child and maternal malnutrition.
11. Harmful traditional practises, for instance, child marriages.
12. Honour-related practises, including honour killings.
13. Education, including with regard to the quality of education, enrolment in primary (compulsory) and secondary schools, the access of vulnerable groups to education.
14. The situation of refugee children and families.
15. Economic exploitation, including child labour
16. Sexual exploitation and trafficking of boys and girls.
17. Street children
18. Children belonging to indigenous and/or minority groups.
19. The implementation of the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance (2000) and the overall situation of children in conflict with the law, including length and conditions of pre-trial detentions, occurrence of torture and ill-treatment and implementation of diversion programmes.


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