Distr. GENERAL CRC/C/Q/QAT/1 15 June 2001 Original: ENGLISH

Under this section the State party is requested to submit in writing additional and updated information, if possible, before 1 August 2001:

A. Data and statistics, if available

1. Please provide demographic data of the under-18 population, including non-Qataris, disaggregated by sex, ethnic, national and religious background.

2. Please provide specific disaggregated data on national budgetary allocation and spending for social needs for the last three years, as percentages of total state expenditures. 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 and rehabilitation; and

e) other social services.

3. For children deprived of a family environment and separated from parents, please provide information, disaggregated by sex and age for the last three years, on the number of:

a) children separated from their parents;

b) foundlings; and

c) children placed with relatives, in kafala, and in welfare institutions.

4. Please specify for the last three years, the enrolment and completion rates, disaggregated by sex, age, and according to type of school (i.e. public, and private) in percentages in:

a) kindergarten;

b) elementary;

c) intermediate;

d) secondary;

e) vocational; and

f) religious schools.

5. Please specify the number of children with disabilities, disaggregated by sex and age:

a) living with their families;

b) in institutions;

c) attending regular schools; and

d) attending special schools.

6. Please specify the number of children (disaggregated by sex, age, type of crime, type of sanction) for the last three years:

a) who allegedly committed a crime which was reported to the police;

b) who were sentenced by Courts to sanctions, and the nature of the sanctions imposed (e.g. fines, imprisonment, community service, other);

c) number of suspended sentences;

d) where the sanction is deprivation of liberty, please further specify the period of imprisonment; and

e) percentage of recidivism cases.

B. General Measures of Implementation

1. i) In relation to the reservation made upon ratification, please identify and explain which provisions of the Convention are "incompatible with Islamic law".

ii) In light of the recommendations adopted in the Declaration and Plan of Action of the Vienna World Conference on Human Rights (1993), please indicate what consideration has the State party given to the possibility of reviewing its reservation to the Convention with a view to its withdrawal.

2. The State party report indicates that various government departments, as well as the Supreme Council for Family Affairs have roles with respect to programmes and projects related to child issues.

i) With respect to the implementation of the Convention, please indicate what role each of these institutions plays in:

a) intersectoral co-ordination and co-operation at and between central and local levels of government;

b) monitoring at central and local levels of government;

c) receiving and addressing complaints of violations of child rights; and

d) the collection and analysis of disaggregated data, and definition of the appropriate indicators in order to design policies and programmes affecting all persons under 18 years.

ii) Please specify their operating resources, including budget and human resources.

iii) If any overlap or duplication exists in their functions, what is done to remedy this?

iv) Please specify if there is a comprehensive plan of action to implement the Convention.

3. In light of article 15 of the Convention, and other international standards on freedom of association, please describe what efforts have been made to facilitate the involvement of civil society throughout all stages of the implementation of the Convention.

4. Please explain the measures taken and their effectiveness with respect to the State party's public awareness campaigns of the Convention, particularly for professionals working for and with children (e.g. of Government officials, community-based organisations, religious leaders, the mass media), and the public-at-large, including children themselves.

5. Please describe any ongoing human rights training and education activities for professionals, especially those working for and with children.

Please provide the Committee with copies of the text of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in all official languages of the State party as well as in other languages or dialects spoken, when available. If possible, please submit these texts in electronic form.

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, and other issues may be raised in the course of the dialogue.

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

1. The protection of the rights contained in the Convention by the Shari'a and Adlia court systems.

2. Implementation of the general principles of the Convention, such as non-discrimination (article 2), the best interests of the child (article 3), and the right of the child to express views and have them taken into consideration (article 12).

3. Measures taken to eliminate discrimination of women and girls (e.g. in nationality legislation and in personal status matters, including, marriage, divorce, inheritance, maintenance, and child custody upon separation), as well as discrimination of children born out of wedlock.

4. In light of the large proportion of children of non-Qatari nationality, measures taken to respect and ensure all the rights in the Convention to each child within the jurisdiction.

5. Implementation of civil rights and freedoms (articles 13-17) contained in the Convention.

6. With respect to ill-treatment of children, issues such as legal provisions to protect children from being ill-treated, mechanisms for children to file complaints and have them addressed, and preventive measures including awareness campaigns on its negative consequences.

7. With respect to children with disabilities, issues such as adequate access to services, public awareness campaigns to combat negative attitudes, support for families and steps for inclusion in regular schools.

8. In the area of health, issues such as measures to ensure that adolescents have access to and are provided with information relating to physical and mental development, including education on reproductive health, STDs and HIV/AIDS prevention, as well as child-sensitive counselling and rehabilitation services.

9. In the area of education, issues including low pre-school enrolment, that education is not compulsory, restrictions on females from enrolling in certain programmes in secondary and post-secondary education, and inclusion of human rights education in the school curricula.

10. In the area of child labour, issues such as the involvement of children in camel racing, and consideration given to ratify ILO Convention No. 182 on prohibition and immediate action for the elimination of the worst forms of child labour.

11. With respect to the treatment of juvenile offenders, issues including the low age of criminal responsibility, the applicability of torture and the death penalty to persons under 18 years, and the conformity of legislation and practice in the area of juvenile justice with international juvenile justice standards.