Under this section the State party is requested to submit in written form additional and updated information, if possible before 1 December 2000:

1. Please provide disaggregated statistical data covering the period 1997-1999 on the number of:

a) children with disabilities;

b) asylum seeking, unaccompanied and refugee children and their country of origin;

c) children in domestic and intercountry adoption.

3. Please provide statistical data on adolescent health, including sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), HIV/AIDS, early pregnancies, drug and alcohol abuse, violence and physical abuse, suicide.

3. With reference to the information provided in paragraph 15 of the report, please provide specific disaggregated statistical data on how the part of national budget allocated for social needs was spent per year in the period between 1997 and 1999. In particular, how much was spent on:

a) education (including allocations for primary and secondary education, salaries, preservation of school buildings, etc.);

b) health (including allocations for primary health care, vaccinations, adolescent health care and other health care services for children);

c) child protection (for example institutional or foster care);

d) juvenile crime prevention.

4. Please provide recent statistical data (including by sex, age, type of crime, type of sanction) covering the period between 1997 to 1999 on:

a) number of minors who committed a crime reported to the police;

b) number of reported minors who were sentenced by Courts to sanctions;

c) nature of sanctions (community service; detention; other types of sanctions);

d) number of suspended sentences, as described in paragraphs 287-289 of the report;

e) percentage of recidivism cases;

f) when deprived of liberty, the number of children maintaining contact with family and how often.

B. General Measures of Implementation

1. In light of the recommendations adopted in the Vienna Declaration and Plan of Action of the World Conference on Human Rights (1993), please indicate whether the State party has considered the possibility of reviewing its reservations to the Convention with a view to their withdrawal.

2. Please provide examples on how the Convention is invoked in domestic courts and clarify the status of the Convention in case of conflict with domestic legislation. Please provide further explanations on how the State party's legislation on children's rights (Youth Act) is in accordance with the principles and provisions of the Convention.

3. Please provide further information on existing mechanisms to coordinate the activities between all Ministries involved in children's issues. Please also indicate existing mechanisms to monitor progress on the implementation of the Convention.

4. In light of article 4 of the Convention, please indicate the measures taken by the State party to implement economic, social and cultural rights to "the maximum extent of [...] available resources". Please provide further information on the implementations of the 1994 report on Family Policy and 1996 report on children and youth policy.

Under this section, States parties are invited, whenever appropriate, to briefly (3 pages maximum) up-date the information provided in their report with regard to:

- new bills or enacted legislation

- new institutions

- newly implemented policies,

- newly implemented programmes.

The following is a preliminary list of major issues that the Committee intends to take-up during the dialogue with the State party. THEY DO NOT REQUIRE WRITTEN RESPONSES. This list is not exhaustive as other issues may be raised in the course of the dialogue

The dialogue with the State party might include issues such as:

1. Plans to lower the age of majority from 20 to 18 years and measures taken to establish a legal minimum age for medical consultation with and without parental consent.

2. Measures taken to prevent and combat discrimination against foreign children, including asylum-seekers and refugees, children belonging to minority groups; and children with disabilities. Measures taken to eliminate de facto discrimination against girls.

3. How domestic courts are interpreting the principle of "well-being of the child" in light of the provisions of article 3 of the Convention (best interests of the child).

4. Eventual plans to establish special procedures for stateless children to obtain Liechtenstein's nationality and to ratify the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

5. Progress made for the enactment of the Asylum Act, which envisages to include measures for family reunification. Measures taken for the protection of children belonging to refugee families, especially of Kosovar origin.

6. Progress made for the enactment of legislation to prevent and combat violence within the family and the planned amendments to the law on sexual abuse. Measures undertaken to provide physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration for child victims of abuse and violence.

7. Measures taken to address adolescent health problems such as drug abuse, alcohol consumption, and suicide. Reproductive health issues, including preventive programmes on STDs and HIV/AIDS for young persons. The relation between strict anti-abortion laws and the high incidence of children born out of wedlock.

8. The juvenile justice system (children in conflict with the law) with particular attention to the following topics:

a) deprivation of liberty as a measure of last resort;

b) practical provision of legal aid;

c) protection of the privacy;

d) continued contact between the child and his/her family;

e) effective monitoring of facilities;

f) the separation of children from the general prison population;

g) complaints procedures to deal with issues such as ill-treatment and violations of children's rights;

h) education, health and social services for children in detention;

i) programmes to ensure the physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of children; and

j) special protection for all children below the age of 18 years.

The monitoring of the conditions of children who are detained in Austria due to the lack of facilities in the State party.

9. The protection of children from all forms of sexual abuse and exploitation once they have reached the minimum legal age for sexual consent set at 14 years but before they attain the age of majority. Progress achieved in enacting legislation for the criminalization of acts of sexual exploitation committed abroad by nationals of the State party.