2. Please provide specific disaggregated data on Federal - as well as each Emirate's - budgetary allocation and spending for social needs, as percentages of total Federal/Emirate expenditures. In particular, how much was spent on:

(a) education (including allocations for primary and secondary education, salaries, preservation of school buildings, etc.);

(b) health (including allocations for primary health care, vaccinations, adolescent health care and other health care services for children);

(c) child protection (for example institutional or foster care);

(d) juvenile crime prevention and rehabilitation; and

(e) other social services.

(a) children separated from their parents;

(b) foundlings; and

(c) children placed with relatives, in kafala, and in welfare institutions.

(a) kindergarten;

(b) elementary;

(c) intermediate;

(d) secondary;

(e) vocational; and

(f) religious schools.

(a) living with their families;

(b) in institutions;

(c) attending regular schools; and

(d) attending special schools.

(a) who allegedly committed a crime which was reported to the police;

(b) who were sentenced by Courts to sanctions, and the nature of the sanctions imposed (e.g. fines, imprisonment, community service, other);

(c) number of suspended sentences;

(d) where the sanction is deprivation of liberty, please further specify the period of imprisonment; and

(e) percentage of recidivism cases.

(a) article 7, please specify the provisions of domestic law which prevent a child from acquiring UAE nationality, and the underlying rationale;

(b) article 14 of the Convention, please specify to what extent this article conflicts with the principles and provisions of Islamic law;

(c) article 17, please specify the provisions of domestic law which limit the rights contained in this article, and explain which traditions and cultural values are referred to; and

(d) article 21 of the Convention which expressly refers to those States that "recognize and/or permit" the system of adoption, and therefore does not apply to the State party because it does not recognize adoption, please explain what reasons prevent the State party from withdrawing its reservation.

(ii) Please specify what consideration has been given to reviewing these reservations with a view to withdrawing them, in accordance with the Declaration and Plan of Action of the Vienna World Conference on Human Rights (1993).

Federal institutions and the role they play in:

(a) intersectoral coordination and cooperation at and between Federal and Emirate levels of government;

(b) monitoring at Federal and Emirate levels of government;

(c) receiving and addressing complaints of violations of child rights; and

(d) the collection and analysis of disaggregated data, in order to design policies and programmes affecting all persons under 18 years.

(ii) If any overlap or duplication exists in their functions, what is done to remedy this?

(iii) Please provide details, if any, of a comprehensive plan of action to implement the Convention.

4. Please explain the measures taken and their effectiveness with respect to the State party's public awareness campaigns of the Convention, particularly for professionals working for and with children (e.g. of Government officials, community-based organizations, religious leaders, the mass media), and the public-at-large, including children themselves.

5. Please describe any ongoing human rights training and education activities for professionals, especially those working for and with children, throughout the seven Emirates.

- bills or enacted legislation;

- institutions;

- implemented policies; and

- implemented programmes and projects, and their scope.

The dialogue with the State party might include issues such as:

1. Article 1 of the Convention, and the definition of the child under the laws of the UAE.

2. The protection of the rights contained in the Convention by the Federal Courts, and the Emirate-level Civil and Shari'a courts, including the Courts of Dubai and Ras al-Khaimah.

3. Implementation of the general principles of the Convention, such as non-discrimination (art. 2), the best interests of the child (art. 3), and the right of the child to express his/her views and have them taken into consideration (art. 12).

4. Measures taken to eliminate discrimination of women and girls (e.g. in nationality legislation and in personal status matters, including marriage, divorce, inheritance, maintenance, and child custody upon separation), as well as discrimination of children born out of wedlock.

5. Measures taken to respect and ensure all the rights in the Convention to each child within the jurisdiction in light of: disparities in the economies of the different Emirates and consequent disparities in the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights of children; and the large proportion of children of non-UAE nationality.

6. Implementation of civil rights and freedoms (arts. 13-17) contained in the Convention.

7. Legal provisions to protect children from being ill-treated, mechanisms for children to file complaints and have them addressed, and preventive measures including awareness campaigns on its negative consequences.

8. Adequate access to services for disabled children, public awareness campaigns to combat negative attitudes, support for families and steps for inclusion in regular schools.

9. Measures to ensure that adolescents have access to and are provided with information relating to physical and mental development, including education on reproductive health, STDs and HIV/AIDS prevention, as well as child-sensitive counselling and rehabilitation services.

10. Low pre-school enrolment, restrictions on females from enrolling in certain programmes in secondary and post-secondary education, and the inclusion of human rights education in the school curricula.

11. The involvement of children in camel racing.

12. The low age of criminal responsibility; the possibility of the imposition of the death penalty, life imprisonment, or judicially-sanctioned corporal punishment to a person who was under 18 when an offence was committed; and the conformity of legislation and practice in the area of juvenile justice with international standards.