List of issues : Sri Lanka. 07/02/2003.
CRC/C/Q/LKA/2. (List of Issues)

Convention Abbreviation: CRC
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
33rd Session
Pre-sessional Working Group
3-7 February 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 Sri Lanka (CRC/C/70/Add.17)

Part I

Under this section the State party is requested to submit in written form additional and updated information, if possible, before 4 April 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;
b) Health care, including primary, adolescent and other child related health services;
c) Social welfare and support programmes for families, including families displaced by the conflict;
d) Protection of children who are in need of alternative care including the support of care institutions;
e) Juvenile justice;
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;
c) placed with foster families;
d) adopted domestically or through inter-country adoptions.

4. Please provide disaggregated data (by gender, age, urban or rural areas) covering the period 2000-2002 on the:
a) Total number of children with disabilities;
b) Number of children with disabilities of school age that do not attend school;
c) Budget allocation in favour of children with disabilities.

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 statistical data (including, where relevant, by gender, age, type of crime) covering the period between 2000 to 2002 on the:
a) number of minors who allegedly committed a crime reported to the police;
b) number of minors 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.

9. 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 intended or planned activities related to recommendations contained in the Committee's previous concluding observations (CRC/C/15/Add.40, 21 June 1995) which have not yet been implemented, in particular those related to corporal punishment and the administration of juvenile justice. Please explain the obstacles to implementation and how the State party envisages overcoming them.

2. Please provide additional information on the follow-up to the National Plan of Action for Children for 1992-1996, and if there is currently another National Plan of Action, please provide additional information on its contents and implementation.

3. In light of article 4, please explain how the State party has allocated in order to fulfil its obligations under the Convention. Please indicate the extent to which social services for children were taken into account when negotiating loan agreements and structural adjustment programs with international financial institutions.

4. 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.

5. Please provide updated information on the current status of the peace process and its implications for children, in particular child soldiers.

6. 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 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 does not contain issues already covered in Part I) 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.

1. Coordination and monitoring of the implementation of the Convention.
2. Accessibility of the National Human Rights Commission to children.
3. Corporal punishment in schools and institutions.
4. Child abuse.
5. Alternative care for children separated from their families.
6. Children living with HIV/AIDS.
7. Ongoing reforms of the education system.
8. Children of migrant workers.
9. Demobilization and reintegration of child combatants.
10. Children affected by conflict, including child soldiers, displaced and returnee children.
11. Economic exploitation.
12. Sexual exploitation and trafficking.
13. Juvenile justice.








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