TIHR UN Committee on the Rights of the Child February 2014 Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Pre-Sessional Working Group, 16-20 June 2014 An Alternative NGO Report on Turkmenistan Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) February 2014 The Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR) is the successor organisation of the Helsinki Group of Turkmenistan and was registered as an independent association in Vienna in November 2004. Through a network of local experts and activists inside Turkmenistan, the organisation monitors and reports on the human rights situation in the country. It also disseminates independent news, comments and analysis from and about the country. Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR) c/o WUK GPI, Währinger Straße 59 1090 Vienna, Austria Email:
[email protected] Website: http://www.chrono-tm.org 1 TIHR UN Committee on the Rights of the Child February 2014 Table of Content Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Civil rights and freedoms (Articles 13 and 17) .................................................................................... 5 Basic health and welfare (Articles 18, para 3; 24, paras 1-2 b-e; 26; 27, paras. 1-3) ......................... 10 Education, leisure and cultural activities (28, para