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REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

Report of the Children's Rights Commissioner, Flemish Community (Belgium) regarding the second report filed by Belgium

November 2001 Presessional jan-feb 2002 Introduction This report has to be considered as an addition to the official report filed by the Belgian government. The Children's Rights Commissioner can agree in general with the content of the state’s report and will not go into topics that have already been covered in this report as such. In this report, the Children's Rights Commissioner will only add information, give remarks and point out existing difficulties that were not mentioned yet. The Children's Rights Commissioner wants to thank the Committee for taking an interest in reports by other than state parties, in order to get as much information as possible and to make a critical review of the official reports. After some introductory remarks, the first chapter will cover general issues and suggestions for discussion or for further implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Belgian legislation and policy. In the second chapter, the Children's Rights Commissioner will report on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, according to the general guidelines set by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, with additional information to the Belgian report. Some issues will not be covered, due to the lack of competence in certain areas, the lack of information or data or due to the fact that there is nothing to add to the Belgian report.


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