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UNITED NATIONS CRC Distr. Convention on the GENERAL Rights of the Child CRC/C/NER/2 20 November 2008 ENGLISH Original: FRENCH COMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 44 OF THE CONVENTION Second periodic report of States parties due in 1997 NIGER [19 November 2007] GE.08-45273 (EXT) CRC/C/NER/2 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS......................................................... 5 FOREWORD.................................................................................................... 6 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................ 1 – 7 8 I. GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL CONTEXT ........ 8 – 32 9 1.1. Demographic data.......................................................................... 9 – 11 9 1.2. Economic data ............................................................................... 12 – 19 9 1.3. Political system and situation ........................................................ 20 – 21 10 1.4. Administrative system ................................................................... 22 – 25 11 1.5. General legal framework for the protection of human rights ........ 26 – 32 12 II. SPECIFIC INFORMATION REGARDING EACH PROVISION OF THE CONVENTION........................................................................ 33 – 449 14 2.1. General measures of implementation ............................................ 33 – 92 14 2.1.1. Measures taken to bring national law and practice into conformity with the principles and provisions of the Convention ........................................................................... 33 – 53 14 2.1.2. Total resources available and the percentage allocated to programmes on behalf of children ...................................... 54 – 55 19 2.1.3. Legislative measures most conducive to realization of the rights of the child set out in the Convention .............. 56 – 58 20 2.1.4. Available remedies and their accessibility to children ........ 59 – 61 21 2.1.5. The existence of an independent human rights institution . 62 – 67 21 2.1.6. Mechanisms or programmes for cooridnating action on behalf of children ............................................................ 68 – 74 22 2.1.7. Measures taken to promote awareness of the provisions of the Convention................................................................. 75 – 84 23 2.1.8. Measures taken to ensure wide dissemination of the initial report.......................................................................... 85 – 86 24 2.1.9. Cooperation with civil society organizations representing children and young people ................................................... 87 – 92 24 2.2. Definition of the child.................................................................... 93 – 103 25 2.3. General principles.......................................................................... 104 – 139 27 2.3.1. Non discrimination (art. 2) .................................................. 104 – 121 27 2.3.2. The best interests of the child (art. 3) .................................. 122 – 123 30 2.3.3. The right to life, survival and development (art. 6)............. 124 – 131 31 2.3.4. Respect for the views of the child (art. 12).......................... 132 – 139 32 2.4. Civil rights and liberties ................................................................ 140 – 185 32 2.4.1. Name and nationality (art. 7)............................................... 140 – 153 32 CRC/C/NER/2 page 3 CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page 2.4.2. Preservation of identity (art. 8)............................................ 154 – 156 36 2.4.3. Freedom of expression (art. 13)........................................... 157 – 158 36 2.4.4. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion (art. 14)........ 159 – 160 37 2.4.5. Freedom of association and peaceful assembly (art. 15)..... 161 – 162 37 2.4.6. Protection of privacy (art. 16)…………………………….. 163 – 164 37 2.4.7. Access to appropriate information (art. 17)......................... 165 – 171 38 2.4.8. The right not to be subjected to torture or to other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, including corporal punishment (art. 37(a))…………………………................. 172 – 185 39 2.5. Family environment and alternative care ...................................... 186 – 234 41 2.5.1. Parental guidance (art. 5)..................................................... 186 41 2.5.2. Parental responsibilities (art. 18) ......................................... 187 – 201 41 2.5.3. Measures to ensure that children are not separated from their parents against their will and to combat the illicit transfer of children abroad (arts. 9 to 11)............................. 202 – 213 44 2.5.4. Protection of children deprived of a family environment (art. 20)................................................................................. 214 – 225 46 2.5.5. Consideration of the best interests of the child in cases of adoption (art. 21).............................................................. 226 – 231 49 2.5.6. Recovery of maintenance (art. 27........................................ 232 – 233 50 2.5.7. Periodic review of placement (art. 25) ................................ 234 50 2.6. Health and welfare......................................................................... 235 – 313 50 2.6.1. Survival and development of the child (art. 6, para.2)....................................................................... 235 – 248 50 2.6.2. Children with disabilities (art. 23)....................................... 249 – 261 54 2.6.3. Health and healthcare services (art. 24)............................... 262 – 296 56 2.6.4. Social security and childcare services and facilities (art. 26 and art. 18, para. 3)………...................................... 297 – 304 61 2.6.5. Standard of living (art. 27, paras. 1 to 3)............................. 305 – 313 62 2.7. Education, leisure and cultural activities (arts. 28, 29 and 31)...... 314 – 349 64 2.7.1. Education, including vocational training and guidance (art. 28)................................................................................. 314 – 344 64 2.7.2. Aims of education (art. 29), including in terms of the quality of education……………………………….............. 345 – 347 71 2.7.3. Rest, leisure, play and cultural and artistic activities (art. 31)………………………………………..................... 348 – 349 71 2.8. Special protection measures .......................................................... 350 – 447 72 2.8.1. Children in emergency situations ........................................ 350 – 357 72 2.8.2. Children in conflict with the law ………………………… 358 – 388 73 2.8.3. Children in situations of exploitation, including their physical and psychological recovery and their social reintegration (art. 39) ........................................................... 389 – 438 78 CRC/C/NER/2 page 4 CONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs Page 2.8.4. Children belonging to a minority or an indigenous group (art. 30)………………………………………..................... 439 – 441 86 2.8.5. Children living or working in the street .............................. 442 – 447 86 2.9. Optional Protocols to the Convention ........................................... 448 – 449 87 CONCLUSION .............................................................................................. 450 – 453 88 Annex BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................ 89 CRC/C/NER/2 page 5 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ANDDH: Association nigérienne pour la défense des droits de l’homme (Niger Association for the Defence of Human Rights) AFTEN: Action en faveur de l’élimination du travail des enfants au Niger (Action for the Abolition of Child Labour in Niger) COGES: Comité de gestion des écoles (school management committee) CONIPRAT: Comité nigérien sur les pratiques traditionnelles (Niger Committee on Traditional Practices) EDSN: Enquête démographique et de santé au Niger (Niger demographic and health survey) EIP: École instrument de paix (School as an Instrument of Peace) FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ILO: International Labour Office/International Labour Organization INS: Institut national de la statistique (National Institute of Statistics) MEBA: Ministère de l’éducation de base et de l’alphabétisation (Ministry of Basic Education and Literacy) MICS: Multiple indicator cluster survey MDGs: Millennium Development Goals NGO: Non-governmental organization PARJ: Programme d’appui aux reformes judiciaires (Judicial Reform Support Programme) PDDE: Programme décennal de développement de l’éducation (Ten-Year Educational Development Programme) PEV: Programme élargi de vaccination (Expanded Immunization Programme) PRAHN: Projet de réhabilitation des aveugles et autres handicapés du Niger (project for the rehabilitation of persons with visual and other disabilities in Niger) ReNE: Réseau nigérien pour l’enfance (Niger Network for Children) RGP/H: Recensement général de la population et de l’habitat (general population and housing census) SEJUP: Service éducatif, judiciaire et préventif (Educational, Judicial and Preventive Service) UNDP: United Nations Development Programme UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund UPFN: Union pour la promotion de la femme au Niger (Union for the Promotion of Women in Niger) WHO: World Health Organization CRC/C/NER/2 page 6 FOREWORD One