93. RECOMMENDATIONS
In general, the BNHRC recommends that the Government should implement all
recommendations made by the Committee on the Rights of the Child which have not so
far been fully addressed. In addition, the BNHRC makes the following
recommendations:
LEGAL CONCEPT OF CHILD
1. The Government should ensure that all statutes, regulations and ordinances are
made consistent with the definition of a ‘child’ as set out in article 1 of the CRC that
a ‘child’ is “every human being below the age of eighteen years”.
2. The best interest of the children should be the prime consideration for all
concerned.
3. The Government should ensure that all laws in Bangladesh replace such terms as
‘minor’, ‘orphan’, ‘adolescent’ etc., wherever they are intended to refer to a child, by
the term ‘child’ in order to promote greater consistency in law, policy and practice.
BIRTH REGISTRATION AND RIGHT TO NAME AND IDENTITY
1. The Government should launch awareness-raising campaigns aimed at parents
and the community at large to encourage the registration of births with a view to
ensuring that births are registered within a period of 45 days, as stipulated in the
Birth Registration Act 2004.
2. The Government should take measures to ensure that the birth of children whose
father or mother may be undetermined, children born out of wedlock, and births of
children of refugees and internally displaced persons are registered, since in these
instances, birth registrations have generally been lower.
3. Biometric technology should be introduced gradually into the birth registration
process to authenticate identity and to reduce duplication, fraud and error.
PROTECTION AGAINST NEGLIGENCE BY THE PARENTS, LEGAL GUARDIAN ETC.
1. The Government should strengthen public awareness, community care institutions
and mechanisms and ensure adequate allocation of resources for family support.
RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF THE CHILD
1. The Government should increase its efforts to implement the Pornography Control
Act, 2012 and Information and Communication Technology Act 2006.
2. The Government should take measures to strengthen public awareness through
education and training on the child’s right to privacy.
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