Rights of the child
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line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities and taking into account the Guidelines for the Alternative
Care of Children; 34
35. Also urges States to take action to ensure the enjoyment of human rights
for all children without parental care, in accordance with the international human
rights framework, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, not least the
rights to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standards of physical and mental
health, education, to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities
appropriate to the age and maturity of the child, and also to take action to provide a
range of alternative care options and to protect all children without parental care,
including by:
(a) Promoting the implementation of international frameworks, and the
Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, including through training on those
for care staff and others working with children, and strengthening national legislation,
regulations and policies to protect the rights of children without parental care;
(b) Ensuring the availability of a comprehensive range of quality accessible
and disability-inclusive alternative care options, in the best interests of the child and
on a case-by-case basis, in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and
the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and by taking into account
the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, for emergency, short-term and
long-term care;
(c) Strengthening regulation, including registration, licensing, oversight and
accountability mechanisms, promoting the development and dissemination of
evidence-based methods, and monitoring and assessing the quality of care and status
of children and all other circumstances relevant to the placement in all alternative
care settings, including kinship care settings, through a periodic review, to ensure that
the rights and the best interests of the child are upheld and that children are able to
report violence, abuse and other concerns;
(d) Improving data collection, information management and reporting systems
related to children without parental care in all settings and situations in order to close
existing data gaps and develop global and national baselines, including by investing
in quality, accessible, timely and reliable disaggregated data through capacity building, financial support and technical assistance and ensuring that qual ity data
guides policymaking;
(e) Ensuring adequate and systematic training in the rights of the child,
including by encouraging States to take the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of
Children into account for professional groups working with and for children,
including with children without parental care, including specialized judges, law
enforcement officials, lawyers, social workers, medical doctors, care professionals,
health professionals and teachers, and coordination among various governmental
bodies involved in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child;
(f) Prioritizing quality alternative care options over institutionalization with
the best interests of the child as the primary consideration, and, where relevant,
adopting policies, strategies and comprehensive plans of action in that respect,
including by implementing relevant reforms, developing or reforming legislation,
budget allocation, awareness-raising campaigns, training, and increasing the capacity
of all relevant actors;
(g) Progressively replacing institutionalization with quality alternative care,
including, inter alia, family and community-based care and, where relevant,
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