Table of Contents
I. Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1
Ⅱ. Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child ............................... 1
A. General Measures of Implementation .......................................................................... 1
Issue 1. Reservations and non-accession ...................................................................................... 1
Issue 2. Guarantee of adolescents’ right to abortion and their access to safe abortion – in relation
to para. 1 (b) of the List of Issues ................................................................................................... 2
Issue 3. National Action Plan .......................................................................................................... 3
Issue 4. Allocation of resources: child allowance – in relation to para. 3 (a) of the List of Issues .. 3
Issue 5. Independence of the national human rights institution – in relation to para. 2 of the List of
Issues .............................................................................................................................................. 4
Issue 6. Production and management of comprehensive and disaggregated statistical data
concerning children’s rights situations – in relation to para. 2 of the List of Issues ........................ 4
Issue 7. Climate change and the rights of the child: fine dust – in relation to para. 9 (d) of the List
of Issues .......................................................................................................................................... 5
B. General Principles ....................................................................................................... 6
Issue 8. Child Policy Impact Assessment – in relation to para. 3 (e) of the List of Issues.............. 6
Issue 9. National Center for the Rights of the Child ........................................................................ 7
Issue 10. Child suicide – in relation to para. 4 (a) of the List of Issues .......................................... 7
Issue 11. Baby boxes – in relation to para. 4 (c) of the List of Issues ............................................ 8
Issue 12. Asbestos – in relation to para. 4 (d) of the List of Issues ................................................ 9
Issue 13. Humidifier disinfectants – in relation to para. 4 (e) of the List of Issues ........................ 10
Issue 14. Full Amendment Bill of the Family Litigation Act - in relation to para. 5 of the List of
Issues ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Issue 15. Respect for the views of the child in school .................................................................. 11
C. Civil Rights and Freedoms ........................................................................................ 12
Issue 16. Birth registration – in relation to para. 6 of the List of Issues ........................................ 12
Issue 17. Civil rights and freedoms in school - in relation to para. 6 of the List of Issues ............ 13
Issue 18. Students’ Rights Ordinance ........................................................................................... 14
D. Violence against Children .......................................................................................... 16
Issue 19. Child abuse report ......................................................................................................... 16
Issue 20. Discovery of child abuse................................................................................................ 17
Issue 21. Child Protection Agency ................................................................................................ 18
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