31. Indicate if there is equal enjoyment by men
and women of pension rights as regards the age of
access,® qualifying periods and amounts.
32. Provide information on social security programmes,
including informal schemes, to protect workers in the
informal economy, in particular in relation to health
care, maternity and old age.’
33. Indicate to what extent non-nationals benefit
from non-contributory schemes for income support,
access to health care and family support.®
(c)
parental leave to men and women.
37. Indicate the measures of protection and
assistance taken on behalf of children and young
persons, including:
(a)
Age
limits below
which
the paid
employment
of children in different occupations is prohibited
under the law of the State party and the application
of criminal law provisions in place punishing the
employment of under-aged
children and the use of
forced labour of children;*
Article 10
(b)
34.
Whether paternity leave is granted to men, and
Indicate
how
the
State
party
guarantees
the
right of men and, particularly, women to enter into
marriage with their full and free consent and to
Whether
undertaken
any
in the
national
State
party
survey
on
has
been
the nature
and
extent of child labour and whether there is a national
action plan to combat child labour; and
establish a family.
35. Provide information on the availability, coverage
(c) The impact of measures taken to protect children
against work in hazardous conditions harmful to their
and funding
health
of social services to support families,
as well as on legal provisions in place to ensure
equal opportunities for all families, in particular poor
families, families from ethnic minorities, and single
parent families, in relation to:
(a)
Child care;’
(b)
Social
persons
and
services
with
that
disabilities
enable
to
older
remain
persons
and
in their normal
living environment for as long as possible’? and to
receive adequate health and social care when they
are dependent,
36. Provide information on the system of maternity
protection
in
conditions
and
the
State
party,
prohibition
including
of
working
dismissal
during
pregnancy. In particular, indicate:
(a) Whether it also applies to women involved in
atypical work! and women who are not covered by
work-related maternity benefits;
(b) The duration of paid maternity leave before
and after confinement and the cash, medical and
other support measures provided during pregnancy.
confinement and after childbirth; and
6
7
8
5
10
li
12
General comment
16, para. 26 and general
General comment
19, paras. 16 and 34.
and
against
exposure
to various
forms
of
violence and exploitation.»
38.
Provide
information
on
the
legislation
and
mechanisms in place to protect the economic, social
and cultural rights of older persons in the State party,
in particular on the implementation of laws and
programmes against abuse, abandon, negligence
and ill-treatment of older persons.
39. Provide information on the economic and social
rights of asylum seekers and their families and
on legislation and mechanisms in place for family
reunification of migrants.
40. Indicate:
(a)
Whether there is legislation in the State party
that specifically criminalizes acts of domestic violence,
in particular violence against women and children,**
including marital rape and sexual abuse of women
and children and the number of registered cases, as
well as the sanctions imposed on perpetrators;
(b)
Whether there is a national action plan to
combat domestic violence, and the measures in place
to support and rehabilitate victims;’’ and
comment 19, para, 32,
Ibid., para. 37.
lbid., paras. 18 and 28; general comment 5,
para. 30; general comment 6, para. 31.
General comment 19, paras. 15, 18 and 20;
general comment 5, para. 30;
eneral comment 6, para. 31.
eneral comment 19, para. 19.
Idem.
13
14
15
16
a
General comment
16, para, 26; see also draft
Ibid., para. 15.
General comment
16, para. 27;
general comment 20, paras. 10 (b) (vii) and 16,
General comment 18, para, 24.
geneic} comment 14, paras. 21 and 51.
eneral comment 16, para. 27,
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