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Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of all UN Treaty Bodies and their follow-up procedures. This does not include the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child which are available here: http://www.crin.org/resources/treaties/index.asp
Please note that the language may have been edited in places for the purpose of clarity.
- UN Human Rights Committee
- UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- UN Committee against Torture
- UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
- UN Committee on Migrant Workers
- UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- UN Committee on Enforced Disappearance
CCPR/C/MCO/CO/3
Lat reported: 24 and 25 March 2015
Concluding Observations adopted: 28 April 2015
CCPR/C/MCO/2
Last reported: 14 / 15 October 2008
Concluding Observations issued: 28 October 2008
This report contains no mention of children’s rights.
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UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
E/C.12/MCO/CO/2-3
Last reported: 8 March 2013
Concluding Observations issued: 23 May 2014
Issues raised and recommendations given:
Nationality: While the Committee welcomes the measures taken by the State party to allow acquiring and transmitting Monegasque nationality, it remains concerned about the restrictions that prevent naturalized women from transmitting Monegasque nationality to their children after a divorce. (Para. 10)
The Committee recommends that the State Party amends the law in order to allow the transmission of nationality for every Monegasque, irrespectively of the way nationality was acquired.
Sexual and reproductive health education: The Committee is concerned about the lack of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education for teenagers in schools. (para. 19)
The Committee recommends to provide age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health education, for boys and girls, at all levels of education.
Drug use: While noting the initiatives by the State party, the Committee is concerned about information on drug use among young people. (Para. 21)
The Committee recommends the State party to increase its efforts to fight drug use among young people, especially through awareness raising.
E/C.12/MCO/CO/1
Concluding Observations issued: 19 May 2006
Issues raised and recommendations given:
Nationality: While the Committee welcomes the adoption of Act No. 1296 of 12 May 2005 on the transmission of Monegasque nationality from mothers to their children, it remains concerned about the restrictions that prevent naturalized women from transmitting Monegasque nationality to their children in the event of a divorce. (Para. 9)
The Committee encourages the State party to adopt legislation that provides for equality at law in respect of the transmission of nationality to children by Monegasque women, regardless of the manner in which nationality was acquired. (Para. 17)
Drug use and addiction: The Committee notes with concern the health problems affecting young people, resulting in particular from drug use and drug addiction (arts. 10 and 12 of the Covenant). (Para. 13)
The Committee recommends that the State party step up its efforts to combat and prevent drug addiction, particularly among young people, and that it adopt specific legislation in that regard. (Para. 21)
Human Rights Education: The Committee encourages the State party to ensure that human rights education is provided in schools at all levels and to raise awareness about human rights, in particular economic, social and cultural rights, among State officials and the judiciary. (Para. 27)
Education and discrimination: The Committee encourages the State party to accede to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention against Discrimination in Education. (Para. 28)
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UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
CERD/C/MCO/CO/6
Last Reported: 15 and 16 February 2010 Concluding Observations issued: 26 March 2010
This report contains no mention of children’s rights.
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UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Ratified in 2005, but not yet reported.
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UN Committee against Torture
CAT/C/MCO/CO/6
Adopted by Commmittee: 30 November 2016
Published: 11 January 2017
Issues Raised:
Ratification and National Policy:
The Committee welcomes the State party’s accession to or ratification of the following international human rights instruments during the reporting period: Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, in 2014; Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, in 2014 (para. 4).
The Committee welcomes the inauguration in 2012 of the new Princess Charlene Home for Children (the former Sainte-Dévote Home) (para. 6).
Custody of Minors:
The Committee welcomes the efforts made by the State party to comply fully with its custody-related commitments since its last dialogue with the Committee. It notes in particular the adoption of Act No. 1.399 of 25 June 2013 on the reform of the Code of Criminal Procedure relating to police custody. Nevertheless, like the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC/C/MCO/CO/2-3, para. 47), the Committee remains concerned about the issue of custody of minors under 13 years of age (art. 11) (para. 14).
The Committee recommends that the State party repeal the amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure that allows for the placement of children under 13 years of age in police custody for the purposes of an investigation (para. 15).
CAT/C/MCO/CO/4-5
Last reported: 20 and 23 May 2011
Concluding Observations issued: 17 June 2011
Issues raised and recommendations given:
Violence: The Committee notes that Bill No. 869, on efforts to combat and prevent specific forms of violence against women, children and persons with disabilities, was submitted to the National Council in October 2009. It remains concerned, however, at the delay in the process of adopting this important legislation (arts. 2, 13, 14 and 16) (Para. 11)
The State party should ensure that Bill No. 869 is adopted quickly in order to prevent and combat all forms of violence against women, children and persons with disabilities. It should also ensure that corporal punishment for children is explicitly prohibited in all areas of life and that domestic violence is punished. The Committee further recommends that the State party should organize training or awareness- raising campaigns aimed specifically at informing victims of domestic violence about their rights.
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UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
No visits made.
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UN Committee on Migrant Workers
Not yet signed or ratified.
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UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Signed in 2009, but not yet ratified.
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UN Committee on Enforced Disappearance
Signed in 2007, but not yet reported