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Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography United Nations CRC/C/LUX/3-4 Convention on the Distr.: General 12 November 2012 English Rights of the Child Original: French Committee on the Rights of the Child Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 44 of the Convention Combined third and fourth periodic reports of States parties due in 2010 Luxembourg* [28 June 2010] * The annexes may be consulted in the files of the Secretariat. GE.12-47421 (EXT) CRC/C/LUX/3-4 Contents Paragraphs Page Introduction............................................................................................................. 1–9 4 I. General measures of implementation...................................................................... 10–45 5 II. Definition of the child ............................................................................................. 46–47 11 III. General principles ................................................................................................... 48–154 12 A. Non-discrimination (art. 2) ............................................................................. 48–76 12 B. The best interests of the child (art. 3) ............................................................. 77–108 16 C. Right to life, survival and development (art. 6) .............................................. 109–122 19 D. Respect for the views of the child (art. 12)..................................................... 123–154 20 IV. Civil rights and freedoms ........................................................................................ 155–214 24 A. Name and nationality (art. 7) .......................................................................... 155–158 24 B. Preservation of identity (art. 8)....................................................................... 159–164 24 C. Freedom of expression (art. 13)...................................................................... 165–169 25 D. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion (art. 14) ................................... 170–175 26 E. Freedom of association and freedom of peaceful assembly (art. 15).............. 176–191 26 F. Privacy (art. 16) .............................................................................................. 192–194 28 G. Access to appropriate information (art. 17) .................................................... 195–204 28 H. The right not to be subjected to torture or to inhuman or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, including corporal punishment (art. 37(a)) ............... 205–214 30 V. Family environment and alternative care ................................................................ 215–277 31 A. Parental guidance (art. 5)................................................................................ 216–218 32 B. Parental responsibilities (art. 18, paras. 1 and 2) ............................................ 219–229 32 C. Separation from the parents (art. 9) ................................................................ 230–243 34 D. Family reunification (art. 10).......................................................................... 36 E. Recovery of maintenance for the child (art. 27, para. 4)................................. 244–245 36 F. Children deprived of their family environment (art. 20)................................. 246–249 36 G. Adoption (art. 21) ........................................................................................... 250–252 37 H. Illegal travel and non-return (art. 11).............................................................. 38 I. Abuse and neglect (art. 19), including physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration (art. 39) ...................................................... 253–271 38 J. Periodic review of placement (art. 25)............................................................ 272–277 41 VI. Basic health and welfare ......................................................................................... 278–458 41 A. Survival and development (art. 6, para. 2)...................................................... 281–282 42 B. Children with disabilities (art. 23) .................................................................. 283–316 43 2 GE.12-47421 (EXT) CRC/C/LUX/3-4 C. Health and health services (art. 24)................................................................. 317–373 48 D. Social security and childcare services and facilities (arts. 26 and 18, para. 3)............................................................................................................ 374–432 60 E. Standard of living (art. 27, paras. 1–3) (art. 27.3: Material assistance and support programmes, particularly with regard to nutrition, clothing and housing..................................................................................................... 433–458 72 VII. Education, leisure and cultural activities................................................................. 459–596 75 A. Education, including vocational training and guidance (art. 28) and B. The aims of education (art. 29), including as regards the quality of education .................................................................................................... 469–556 78 C. Rest, leisure, recreation and cultural and artistic activities (art. 31) .............. 557–596 87 VIII. Special protection measures.................................................................................... 597–702 95 A. Children in emergency situations.................................................................... 597–621 95 B. Children in conflict with the law .................................................................... 622–667 100 C. Children victims of exploitation, including physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration (art. 39) ...................................................... 668–672 106 D. Children belonging to a minority or an indigenous group (art. 30) ................ 107 E. Children living or working on the streets ....................................................... 673–702 107 IX. Optional protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict ...................... 703 112 X. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography ................................................. 704–712 113 Annexes GE.12-47421 (EXT) 3 CRC/C/LUX/3-4 Introduction 1. By the Act of 20 December 1993, Luxembourg ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20 November 1989. 2. Pursuant to article 44 of the Convention, States parties have undertaken to submit to the Committee on the Rights of the Child an initial report and periodic reports every five years on child rights. 3. The Luxembourg Government has submitted the following reports to the Committee on the Rights of the Child: • 1996 initial report on the rights of the child; • 2002 second periodic report; • 2010 third and fourth reports submitted as a single combined report. 4. The present report therefore embodies the combined third and fourth reports on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child under article 44.1(b) of the Convention. It sets out the principal measures adopted by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to give effect to the rights recognized in the Convention and the progress made with respect to the enjoyment of those rights from 2002 to December 2009. 5. The present report was prepared by the Department of Children’s Rights of the Ministry of Family Affairs and Social Integration on the basis of written submissions from the following departments: • Ministry of Family Affairs and Social Integration; • Ministry of Foreign Affairs; • Ministry of Justice; • Minister of National Education and Vocational Training; • Ministry of Health; • Ministry of Housing; • Ministry of Social Security; • Ministry of Equal Opportunities; • Ministry of Sustainable Development and Transport Infrastructure: Department of Transport. 6. Each section of the report addresses the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child in its concluding observations on the second periodic report of Luxembourg (CRC/C/15/Add.250), follow-up actions implemented on the basis of the 2005 recommendations and other measures adopted by the Government, in consultation with the communal authorities and associations, in the context of that section from 2002 to 2009. 7. An annex contains the main legislation. 8. All nouns in the masculine form in the text refer to both the feminine and the masculine. 4 GE.12-47421 (EXT) CRC/C/LUX/3-4 9. The present report will be published on the website of the Ministry of Family Affairs and Social Integration and distributed in printed form to the relevant government departments, communal administrations and associations working for child rights. I. General measures of implementation Recommendations of the Committee: • Review of reservations with a view to their withdrawal, with a timetable where appropriate, reservations concerning the upbringing in the marital home of children born out of wedlock, the parentage of children born of incestuous relationships, termination of pregnancy, anonymous childbirth and the freedom of association of minors; • Comprehensive national plan of action for children. Development aid and humanitarian aid to children 10. “Luxembourg’s development cooperation programme is firmly committed to the goal of eradicating poverty, especially in the least developed countries. Its activities are conceived from the standpoint of
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