UNITED NATIONS CRC Convention on the Distr. Rights of the Child GENERAL CRC/C/PAK/3-4 19 March 2009 Original: ENGLISH COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 44 OF THE CONVENTION Third and fourth periodic reports of States parties due in 2007 PAKISTAN* [4 January 2008] * According to information transmitted to States parties concerning the processing of reports, the present document has not been formally edited before being sent to the United Nations translation services. GE.09-41155 (E) 030409 CRC/C/PAK/3-4 page 2 Abbreviations and acronyms ADB Asian Development Bank AFIC Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology AJ&K Azad Jammu & Kashmir ALAC Advice and Legal Aid Centre API Annual Parasite Incidence ARC Action for the Rights of Children ATU Anti-Trafficking Unite BEF Balochistan Education Foundation BISE Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education CES Coverage Evaluation Survey CHWs Community Health Workers CIDA Canadian International Development Agency CII Council of Islamic Ideology CIPs Community Schools Implementation Partners CJSTI Central Jail Staff Training Institute CPM&DCS Child Protection Monitoring and Data Collection System CSOs Civil Society Organizations CSRSP Community Support Rural Schools Program CSSP Community Supported Schools Program DFSSCs District Food Support Steering Committees DHQ District Head Quarter DTEs Training & District Teacher Educators ECNEC Executive Committee on National Execution Committee EFA Education for All EmONC Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care ERRA Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority ESR Education Sector Reforms EVA Especially Vulnerable Adolescents EVS Education Voucher Scheme FANA Federally Administered Northern Area FATA Federally Administered Territory Area FDE Federal Directorate of Education CRC/C/PAK/3-4 page 3 FEF Frontier Education Foundation FIA Federal Investigation Agency FRC Federal Relief Commission FSP Food Support Program FTI Fast Track Initiative GAVI Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization GER Gross Enrolment Rate GMIS Gender Management Information System GoP Government of Pakistan GRAP Gender Reform Action Plan HBGSs Home-Based Girls Schools HSRU Health Sector Reform Units ICT Islamabad Capital Territory ILO International Labour Organization IMAC Independent Monitoring Association for Child Labour IRC International Rescue Committee ITA Idara-e-Taleem-o-Agahi JJSO Juvenile Justice System Ordinance KAP Knowledge, Attitude and Practices LHC Lahore High Court LHRLA Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid LHWs Lady Health Workers LSBE Life Skill Based Education MARA Most At Risk Adolescents MCSO Members of the Civil Society Organizations MDGs Millennium Development Goals MEAs Monitoring Education Assistants MMR Maternal Mortality Ratio MoU Memorandum of Understanding MTDF Medium Term Development Framework NACP National AIDS Control Program NADRA National Database and Registration Authority NAVTEC National, Vocational Technical Education Commission CRC/C/PAK/3-4 page 4 NBF National Book Foundation NCCWD National Commission for Child Welfare and Development NCHD National Commission of Human Development NCPP National Child Protection Policy NCRCL National Centres for Rehabilitation of Child Labour NCSW National Commission on the Status of Women NEAS National Education Assessment System NEF National Education Foundation NER Net Enrolment Rate NFBE Non-Formal Basic Education NGOs Non-Government Organizations CBOs Community Based Organizations NHCP National Hepatitis Control Program NHP National Health Policy NIH National Institute of Health NIHd National Institute for Handicapped Persons NMS-VAC National Media Strategy on Violence against Children NPA National Plan of Action NPOs National Productivity Organizations NSC National Steering Committee NWFP North West Frontier Province NYF National Youth Forum ORT Oral Dehydration Therapy PATA Provincially Administered Tribal Areas PBC Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation PBM Pakistan Bait ul Maal PCCWDs Provincial Commission for Child Welfare and Development PEF Punjab Education Foundation FAS Financially Assisted Schools PHC Primary Health Care PHRMC Provincial Human Rights Monitoring Committee PIDE Pakistan Institute of Development Economics PIMS Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences CRC/C/PAK/3-4 page 5 PIPs Private School Implementation Partners PPA Participatory Poverty Assessment PPF Pakistan Press Foundation PPPs Public Private Partnerships PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PSDP Public Sector Development Program ADP Annual Development Plan RBM Roll Back Malaria RIHYA Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in South Asia ROSA Regional Office for South Asia SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SCS Save the Children Sweden SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDF Special Development Fund SEF Sindh Education Foundation SEHER Society for Empowering Human Resource SEP Strengthening Education in Pakistan SIR Social Investigation Report SPARC Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child SWC Social Welfare Cell TCs Technical Committees TIPs Technical Assistance Implementation Partners TVO Trust for Voluntary Organizations UAE United Arab Emirates UNCRC United Nation Committee on the Rights of the Child UNDP United Nation Development Programme UNESCO United Nation Education Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFPA United Nation Population Fund UNICEF United Nation International Children’s Fund UNODC United Nations Office for Drug Control WFP World Food Program WHO World Health Organization CRC/C/PAK/3-4 page 6 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page Abbreviations and acronyms .............................................................................................. 2 Introduction .................................................................................................... 1 - 21 10 I. GENERAL MEASURES OF IMPLEMENTATION (arts. 4, 42 and 44, para. 6, of the Convention) ............................. 22 - 103 14 II. DEFINITION OF THE CHILD (art. 1) ......................................... 104 - 115 26 III. GENERAL PRINCIPLES (arts. 2, 3, 6 and 12) ............................. 116 - 158 28 (a) Non-discrimination (art. 2) .................................................. 116 - 123 28 (b) Best interests of the child (art. 3) ......................................... 124 - 132 29 (c) The right to life, survival and development (art. 6) ............. 133 - 142 31 (d) Respect for the views of the child (art. 12) .......................... 143 - 158 32 IV. CIVIL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS (arts. 7, 8, 13-17 and 37 (a)) ........................................................... 159 - 206 35 (a) Name and nationality (art. 7) ............................................... 159 - 176 35 (b) Preservation of identity (art. 8) ............................................ 177 38 (c) Freedom of expression (art. 13) ........................................... 178 - 183 38 (d) Freedom of thought, conscience and religion (art. 14) ........ 184 39 (e) Freedom of association and of peaceful assembly (art. 15) ................................................................. 185 - 186 40 (f) Protection of privacy (art. 16) .............................................. 187 - 190 40 (g) Access to appropriate information (art. 17) ......................... 191 - 192 41 (h) The right not to be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including corporal punishment (art. 37 (a)) ......................... 193 - 206 41 CRC/C/PAK/3-4 page 7 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page V. FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AND ALTERNATIVE CARE (arts. 5, 9-11, 18, paras. 1 and 2; 19-21, 25, 27, paras. 4 and 39) .............................................................................. 207 - 251 43 (a) Parental guidance (art. 5) ..................................................... 207 43 (b) Parental responsibilities (art. 18, paras. 1 and 2) ................. 208 - 209 43 (c) Separation from parents (art. 9) ........................................... 210 43 (d) Family reunification (art. 10) ............................................... 211 - 220 43 (e) Recovery of maintenance for the child (art. 27, para. 4) ................................................................... 221 45 (f) Children deprived of a family environment (art. 20) ........... 222 - 235 45 (g) Adoption (art. 21) ................................................................ 236 - 237 47 (h) Illicit transfer and non-return (art. 11) ................................. 238 47 (i) Abuse and neglect (art. 19), including physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration (art. 39) ........................................................... 239 - 245 47 (j) Periodic review of placement (art. 25) ................................ 246 - 251 48 VI. BASIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (arts. 6, 18, paras. 3, 23, 24, 26 and 27, paras. 1-3) .......................................... 252 - 360 49 (a) Survival and development (art. 6, para. 2) .......................... 252 - 260 49 (b) Children with disabilities (art. 23) ....................................... 261 - 268 51 (c) Health and health services (art. 24) ..................................... 269 - 317 52 (d) Social security and childcare services and facilities (arts. 26 and 18, para. 3) ....................................... 318 - 321 60 (e) Standard of living (art. 27, paras. 1-3) ................................. 322 - 360 61 VII. EDUCATION, LEISURE AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (arts. 28, 29 and 31) ......................................................................