CRC concluding observations 2023, paragraph 22
Plain English recommendation
Government should: (a) Reduce the number of deaths of infants and children, including among boys in the Overseas Territories; address the main causes of these deaths, including poverty, discrimination and disability; (b) Set up an independent inquiry into the deaths of children in care, custody, mental health care and the military; collect and publish detailed information about child deaths in these settings; (c) Do more to prevent child suicide, self-harm and death, including in care, custody, health settings and immigration detention; (d) Urgently take action to bring back children of British nationality who are in camps in Syria.
Original UN recommendation
The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Urgently reduce infant and child mortality rates, including the reportedly high rates among boys in the Overseas Territories, and address the underlying determinants especially poverty, discrimination and disability; (b) Conduct an independent inquiry into the unexpected deaths of children in alternative care, custody, mental health care and the military, and ensure the regular collection and publication of disaggregated data on child deaths in all institutional settings; (c) Address the high rate of avoidable child deaths and strengthen efforts to prevent suicide and self-harming behaviours among children, including children in care, custody, health settings and immigration detention; (d) Undertake effective and urgent measures to repatriate children who are nationals of the State party from camps in the Syrian Arab Republic.
Date of UN examination
18/05/2023
UN article number
2, 3, 6, 12
Original UN document
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