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(a)
Reviewing and, where necessary, amending domestic legislation and other
sources of law so as to incorporate article 3, paragraph 1, and ensure that the requirement to
consider the child's best interests is reflected and implemented in all national laws and
regulations, provincial or territorial legislation, rules governing the operation of private or
public institutions providing services or impacting on children, and judicial and
administrative proceedings at any level, both as a substantive right and as a rule of
procedure;
(b)
Upholding the child’s best interests in the coordination and implementation
of policies at the national, regional and local levels;
(c)
Establishing mechanisms and procedures for complaints, remedy or redress
in order to fully realize the right of the child to have his or her best interests appropriately
integrated and consistently applied in all implementation measures, administrative and
judicial proceedings relevant to and with an impact on him or her;
(d)
Upholding the child’s best interests in the allocation of national resources for
programmes and measures aimed at implementing children’s rights, and in activities
receiving international assistance or development aid;
(e)
When establishing, monitoring and evaluating data collection, ensure that the
child’s best interests are explicitly spelled out and, where required, support research on
children’s rights issues;
(f)
Providing information and training on article 3, paragraph 1, and its
application in practice to all those making decisions that directly or indirectly impact on
children, including professionals and other people working for and with children;
(g)
Providing appropriate information to children in a language they can
understand, and to their families and caregivers, so that they understand the scope of the
right protected under article 3, paragraph 1, as well as creating the necessary conditions for
children to express their point of view and ensuring that their opinions are given due
weight;
(h)
Combating all negative attitudes and perceptions which impede the full
realization of the right of the child to have his or her best interests assessed and taken as a
primary consideration, through communication programmes involving mass media and
social networks as well as children, in order to have children recognized as rights holders.
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In giving full effect to the child’s best interests, the following parameters should be
borne in mind:
(a)
The universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated nature of
children’s rights;
(b)
Recognition of children as right holders;
(c)
The global nature and reach of the Convention;
(d)
The obligation of States parties to respect, protect and fulfill all the rights in
the Convention;
(e)
Short-, medium- and long-term effects of actions related to the development
of the child over time.
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