rights treaties which all and Penalties Decree 2009 that have an impact on the reinforce the rights of the child rights of the child The Fiji Constitution has been abrogated as of April 2009 Fiji has signed the OP’s of the CRC (2005) Strengthen efforts to work The National Coordinating Committee with CCC for Children was established in 1993 2. Need for a systematic, and is currently chaired by the Ministry comprehensive and Create a system for of Social Welfare, Women & Poverty disaggregated quantitative collecting disaggregated Alleviation. The NCCC is looking to and qualitative data data assess its effectiveness by working collection mechanism for with UNICEF’s new NCCC toolkit issue covered by the Convention A system for collecting data has not yet been created Establish Ombudsman for Fiji works with a Human Rights Children or equivalent Commission and that can represent 3. Concerned about the lack independent mechanism the interests of children when required of an independent complaint and monitoring mechanism for children Ensure appropriate Fiji is working within economic distribution of resources, restraints . 4. Insufficient human and budget allocation should financial resources are Fiji is committed to resourcing the ensure rights to the allocated for the full Government Department’s focus on maximum extent of implementation of the children, including staff and training available resources Convention opportunities and has recently established a Child Protection Unit within the DPP in 2009. Fiji does not have the same level of expertise that other countries may enjoy. As a result, Fiji relies on
rights treaties which all have an impact on the rights of the child and Penalties Decree 2009 that reinforce the rights of the child The Fiji Constitution has been abrogated as of April 2009 Fiji has signed the OP’s of the CRC (2005) 2. Need for a systematic, comprehensive and disaggregated quantitative and qualitative data collection mechanism for issue covered by the Convention Strengthen efforts to work with CCC Create a system for collecting disaggregated data The National Coordinating Committee for Children was established in 1993 and is currently chaired by the Ministry of Social Welfare, Women & Poverty Alleviation. The NCCC is looking to assess its effectiveness by working with UNICEF’s new NCCC toolkit A system for collecting data has not yet been created 3. Concerned about the lack of an independent complaint and monitoring mechanism for children Establish Ombudsman for Children or equivalent independent mechanism Fiji works with a Human Rights Commission and that can represent the interests of children when required 4. Insufficient human and financial resources are allocated for the full implementation of the Convention Ensure appropriate distribution of resources, budget allocation should ensure rights to the maximum extent of available resources Fiji is working within economic restraints . Fiji is committed to resourcing the Government Department’s focus on children, including staff and training opportunities and has recently established a Child Protection Unit within the DPP in 2009. Fiji does not have the same level of expertise that other countries may enjoy. As a result, Fiji relies on
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