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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 6

Government should: Withdraw all reservations to the CRC (regarding the applicability of article 22 to the Cayman Islands, article 32...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 18

Children aged 16 and 17 are not always protected as children, and marriage under the age of 18 is still...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 29

Government should: (a) Do more to ensure disadvantaged children and children in the Overseas Territories can afford to get online...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 28

Government should: (a) Do more to prevent non-statutory stop-and-search checks being used against children; ban their use in Northern Ireland;...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 27

Government should: (a) Do more to protect children’s right to freedom of association and peaceful assembly, including by removing parts...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 26

Government should: (a) Immediately stop targeting certain groups when using counter-terrorism measures, including by training anyone working in relevant professions,...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 25

Government should: Recognise the right to identity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex children. Do more to ensure that...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 24

Government should: a) Remove barriers, improve legal routes and make it simpler for all children to get residence status and...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 23

Government should: (a) Ensure that all children, including younger children, disabled children and children in care, can have a say...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 22

Government should: (a) Reduce the number of deaths of infants and children, including among boys in the Overseas Territories; address...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 21

Government should: (a) Focus on the best interests of the child in all policies and activities that affect children, including...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 20

Government should: a) Take more action to deal with racism, xenophobia and discrimination against disadvantaged children, including: • ethnic minority...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 17

Government should: Ensure all children can: (a) Safely make complaints about violence, abuse, discrimination and other violations of their rights,...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 31

Government should: (a) Ban corporal punishment in all settings and remove the legal defence of ‘reasonable punishment’ in England and...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 16

Government should: (a) Hold businesses responsible for meeting legal standards, including on international and national human rights, labour and the...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 15

Government should: Reintroduce the target of giving 0.7 per cent of gross national income to overseas development and ensure that...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 14

Government should: (a) Introduce a strategy to raise public awareness of children’s rights, making sure to involve children; (b) Train...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 13

Government should: (a) Give national human rights institutions and Children’s Commissioners the powers and resources they need to monitor children’s...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 12

Government should: a) Improve the way that information on children is collected, in all areas of their lives, and ensure...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 11

Government should: Take steps to ensure that children’s rights are considered in all budgeting decisions, and: (a) Set up a...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 10

Government should: Introduce new structures at all levels, such as ministerial leads, with responsibility for putting into practice the rights...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 9

Government should: a) Plan ways to fully put the CRC into practice in all areas, and ensure that children can...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 8

Government should: (a) Take steps to fully incorporate the CRC into national laws in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 7

Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies should consider removing their reservations to articles 22, 32 and 37 (c) of the CRC....

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 30

Government should: (a) Introduce laws to ban any use against children of harmful devices (spit hoods, tasers, plastic bullets, attenuating...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 33

Government should: (a) Focus on children’s rights in all systems and actions taken to prevent abuse and neglect of children;...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 87

Government should: Put into practice the UN's previous recommendation on captured child soldiers for all under 18s: Ensure children can...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 48

Government should: (a) Introduce and fund a strategy to ensure children’s right to rest, leisure and recreation; (b) Make children’s...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 60

Government should: Take steps to fully put into practice all of the recommendations, and share a child-friendly version of them...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 59

Government should: Work with the Council of Europe to put into practice the CRC and other human rights. The Committee...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 58

Government should: Consider ratifying the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the International Convention on...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 57

Government should: Agree to the Optional Protocol on a communications procedure.   The Committee recommends that the State party, in...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 56

Government should: (a) Consider removing the interpretative declaration on article 1; (b) Consider raising the minimum age of voluntary recruitment...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 55

Government should: (a) Ensure that all children under 18 who are victims of offences under the Optional Protocol are treated...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 54

Government should: (a) Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to at least 14; (b) Take action, including by changing...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 52

Government should: (a) Do more to identify child victims of trafficking and to ensure that child victims are referred to...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 51

Government should: (a) Remove the ‘Hostile Environment’ policy and ensure children without regular residence status can get legal help, social...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 50

Government should: (a) Urgently change the Illegal Migration Bill: take out any provisions that would lead to violations of children’s...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 47

Government should: (a) Do more to deal with inequalities in education and improve outcomes for disadvantaged children, including by: •...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 34

Government should: (a) Protect children from gang-related violence and knife crime and deal with the problem by: • dealing with...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 46

Government should: (a) Do more to end child poverty and give all children an adequate standard of living, including by...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 45

Government should: (a) Reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in line with national and international commitments; (b) Bring in laws on air...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 44

Government should: (a) Ensure all adolescent girls can access family planning services, affordable contraceptives, and safe abortion care without having...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 43

Government should: (a) Urgently update the Mental Health Act to: • ban the detention or placement of children with mental...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 41

Government should: (a) Do more to ensure that all forms of healthcare are available to all children, and that children...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 40

Government should: (a) Review how welfare changes affect disabled children and their families; increase payments so that these changes do...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 39

Government should: (a) Ensure that the best interests of the child are the priority in any decisions about care, including...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 38

Government should: (a) Do more to reduce the number of children in care, including by funding early intervention and prevention...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 36

Government should: (a) Do more to help parents and carers balance their work and family responsibilities, including by providing enough...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 35

Government should: (a) Introduce national strategies to stop harmful practices that affect children, such as child marriage, female genital mutilation...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 6

Government should: Ensure the children’s rights set out in the CRC and its protocols become a reality when the 2030...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 93

Government should: Update its common core document to the UN The Committee also invites the State party to submit an...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 7

Government should: (a) Align UK laws with the CRC so it can be enforced in UK courts and people can...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 23

Government should: Urgently tackle the ‘intolerance of childhood’ and negative public attitudes towards children, especially teenagers, in society and the...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 40

Government should consider UN advice on children's right to freedom from all forms of violence and: (a) Ban the use...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 38

Government should: (a) Ban non-statutory stop-and-search checks against children. (b) Ensure statutory stop-and-search checks are proportionate (considering the age and...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 37

Government should: Guarantee children’s right to freedom of movement and peaceful assembly by: (a) Banning the use of acoustic devices...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 36

Government should: Abolish any legal obligation to attend collective worship in state-funded schools. Guarantee children's right to freely decide whether...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 34

Government should: Revise local laws and the British Nationality Act in overseas territories to secure migrant children's right to a...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 33

Government should: Consult children on the voting age. If lowered, strengthen human rights education and early awareness of rights and...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 31

Government should: (a) Systematically and meaningfully involve children in decision making, both locally and nationally, in all matters relating to...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 29

Government should: (a) Tackle the root causes of infant and child mortality, including deprivation and inequality. (b) Carry out automatic,...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 27

Government should: (a) Ensure children's best interests are prioritised in all policies, laws and legal proceedings affecting them. Consider UN...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 25

Government should: End discriminatory laws in overseas territories against children who are 'non-belongers', including migrant children, and children born out...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 22

Government should: (a) Consider expanding the law to protect all under 18s from age-based discrimination. (b) Regularly review the use...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 43

Government should: (a) Revise the Children and Young Persons Act (1933) to protect all under 18s from abuse and neglect...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 20

Government should: Raise the minimum age of marriage to 18 years across all devolved administrations and overseas territories. The Committee...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 19

Government should: (a) Revise the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights to make businesses consider their impact on...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 18

Government should: Ensure its international development cooperation is aimed at strengthening the right to free compulsory primary education for all....

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 16

Government should: (a) Strengthen the independence of Children’s Commissioners in line with the Paris Principles and UN advice on the...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 14

Government should: The Northern Ireland Government should adopt a child rights indicator framework which should cover all CRC rights, and...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 13

Government should: Invest all available resources to make children’s rights a reality for every child across the UK, focusing especially...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 11

Government should: (a) Set up statutory bodies with sufficient authority in each of the devolved administrations and overseas territories to...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 10

Government should: (a) Make it compulsory to assess the impact on children's rights when developing laws and policies affecting children...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 9

Government should: Ensure proper funding, clear timelines and monitoring of the 'Working Together, Achieving More', and 'Programme for Children and...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 8

Government should: (a) Update and implement the UK-wide 'Working Together, Achieving More' strategy (2009) to include all rights in the...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 41

Government should: (a) In line with UN advice, urgently ban physical punishment in the family. (b) Ensure that physical punishment...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 45

Government should: (a) Collect and publish disaggregated data on child exploitation and abuse. Make reporting on child exploitation and abuse...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 92

Government should: Submit the UK's next report to the UN by 14 January 2022. The Committee invites the State party...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 73

Government should: (a) Take action to reduce the impact of social background or disabilities on children's achievements in school. Guarantee...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 91

Government should: Take steps to put into practice these recommendations. Make future state reports to the UN available in all...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 90

Government should: Work with the Council of Europe to make the CRC and other human rights treaties a reality at...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraphs 89

Government should: Ratify the remaining core human rights treaties: the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 88

Government should: Ratify the Optional Protocol to the CRC on a complaints procedure to allow children who feel their rights...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 85

Government should: (a) Consider raising the UK army minimum recruitment age to 18. (b) Prevent the targeting and recruitment of...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 83

Government should: (a) Ensure all under 18s are protected from prostitution, pornography and trafficking. Ensure UK laws can also be...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 81

Government should: Always video record interviews with child victims/witnesses during investigation. Permit the interviews as evidence in court. The Committee...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 79

Government should: Align the UK's juvenile justice systems in line with UN advice and: (a) Increase the age of criminal...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 77

Government should: Consider UN advice on unaccompanied and separated children and: (a) Collect and publish data on the number of...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraphs 75

Government should: (a) In line with UN advice on children's right to rest, leisure, play and cultural life, ensure all...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 71

Government should: (a) End child poverty and ensure accountability (including through concrete targets). Monitor and report results. (b) Put children...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraphs 47

Government should: (a) In line with UN advice on harmful practices, ensure that marriage of 16 and 17-year-olds is based...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 69

Government should: (a) Make laws and adequately fund steps to cut air pollution. (b) Make children’s rights the focus of...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 67

Government should: (a) Collect data on child nutrition (including on breastfeeding and weight problems) to identify the causes of food...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraphs 65

Government should: (a) Put in place a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health policy for adolescents, focusing on improving equality and...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 63

Government should: (a) Collect and publish data on psychotropic drugs (Ritalin, Concerta etc.) prescribed to children. (b) Ensure drugs are...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 61

Government should: (a) Collect data on child mental health, paying particular attention to children in vulnerable situations. (b) Adequately fund...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 59

Government should: Develop strategies on improving child health in line with UN advice on children's right to health and: (a)...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 57

Government should: Adopt a human rights-based approach to disability, set up a strategy for the inclusion of disabled children in...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 55

Government should: (a) Ensure child protection authorities are informed when a parent is imprisoned, to prevent children being left unattended....

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 53

Government should ensure poverty is never the sole reason for removing a child from parental care, consider UN advice on...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraph 51

Government should: Assess the impact on children's rights of funding cuts for childcare and family support. Review family support policies...

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CRC concluding observations 2016, paragraphs 49

Government should: (a) Tackle bullying and violence in schools, through teaching human rights, building respect for diversity and improving conflict-resolution...

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CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 61

Government should: Submit an eighth periodic report by the date to be set by the Committee; the report should be...

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