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Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does not include reports of child specific Special Procedures, such as the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, which are available as separate reports. Scroll to: ---------- Report by the Special Rapporteur on education Visit undertaken from 13 to 21 February 2006 Read the report A/HRC/4/29/Add.3 Report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Githu Muigai A/HRC/14/43/Add.2 Country visit: 22 February 2010 Report published: 22 June to 1 July 2009 Issues raised: Education: During the mission, the Special Rapporteur visited some educational projects that are addressing some of the main challenges related to the integration of children with a migration background. These projects highlighted the need for comprehensive measures, starting at the preschool level and continuing through secondary and university education. In particular, promoting language competence among preschool children with a migration background has been seen as one of the factors that can have a long-term impact on the performance of these children in the school system. (Paragraph 39). With regard to the issue of housing conditions of refugees and asylum-seekers, the Director noted that the provision of housing is managed at the level of the Länder. The Länder are also responsible for the education of refugees and asylum-seekers and therefore different rules apply throughout the country. (Paragraph 51). The Special Rapporteur also received information concerning the prohibition introduced by many Länder regarding the wearing of religious symbols by schoolteachers. None of these laws exclusively address the headscarf, but rather focus on the need to promote “religious neutrality”. However, the Special Rapporteur noted that some of these laws may have a discriminatory effect on Muslim women and often engage in double standards, particularly with the introduction of some forms of exemption granted to the wearers of Christian symbols.7 In addition, these laws may also have the effect of further decreasing the number of qualified Muslim teachers in public schools, thus making it more difficult to promote cultural awareness among pupils. (Paragraph 60). UN Special Rapporteur on toxic and dangerous products and wastes Fatma-Zohra Ouhachi-Vesely E/CN.4/2000/50/Add.1 Country visit: 8 to 29 October 1999 Report published: 20 March 2000 No mentions of children's rights None requested.
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