Introduction 1. The Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) was first established under Presidential Decree on December 10, 2003. On August 18, 2005, the Human Rights Commission Act was ratified, thereby making the HRCM the first independent and autonomous statutory body in the Maldives. The amendments brought to the Human Rights Commission Act in August 2006 broadened the mandate and powers of the HRCM, making it compliant with the Paris Principles. With the ratification of the Constitution in August 2008, the HRCM was made an independent and autonomous constitutional body. 2. The HRCM currently holds ‘B’ status with the International Co‐ordination Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC) and is an Associate Member of the Asia‐Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF). 3. In December 2007, the HRCM was designated by a Presidential Decree as the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and Punishment (OPCAT).As prescribed under the OPCAT, the HRCM was designated as the NPM in legislation with the ratification of the Anti‐torture Act in December 2013. 4. This report is compiled to underline the issues of concern to CRC Committee on the periodic state report submitted by the Maldivian Government 01st September 2012. To compile this report HRCM requested information from relevant government authorities, institutions. This report takes into account and reflects the information received from few the government authorities that shared information on the efforts taken to implement CRC concluding observations. However, this report was compiled based on the limited information received from relevant stakeholders including government authorities and institutions in addition to in‐house monitoring data. The HRCM is currently working to compile the shadow report under this convention. General measures of implementation Knowledge of rights (Article 42) 5. The Concluding Observation on CRC was not circulated widely to all relevant stakeholders especially those based in the Atolls.1There is a certain degree of awareness among the general population on some of the rights related to children. 2 6. The resource constraints faced by MoLG hinders in the conduct of awareness raising programs.3Although island based FCSCs (Family Children Service Center) have conducted awareness raising activities for students addressing the issue of bullying, schools do not refer to Convention on the Rights of Child.4 The committee may wish to ask the government 1. Actions taken to disseminate the concluding observation to relevant state authorities and especially those in the Atolls. 2. Actions taken to raise awareness about the convention and related domestic legislations to rights holders and duty bearers under this convention Page 4 of 39