http://www.crin.org/docs/Myanmar_CRFB_CRC Report.pdf

The Child Rights Forum of Burma (CRFB) wishes to bring to the Committee’s attention information regarding the following children’s rights violations by the State Party, all of which impede their chances of development and survival:

• the denial of health care and an adequate standard of living;
• the denial of free and accessible education, and discrimination in access to education;
• pervasive and widespread child labour and forced labour, including portering in the army;
• a failure to protect children from sexual exploitation and trafficking;
• a failure to accord special protection to children affected by armed conflict, including from ongoing violations of international humanitarian law by the armed forces;
• the recruitment and participation of children in armed conflict;
• the denial of rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly;
• arbitrary arrest, detention and torture, and denial of the rights to a fair trial. 

Previous CRC - NGO Alternative Report items

• 16/04/2011: GREEK NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS’ REPORT IN APPLICATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
• 15/04/2011: Greece: Failure to properly prosecute those responsible for war crime of involving children in armed conflict on basis of universal jurisdiction
• 15/04/2011: DRC: Failure to properly prosecute those responsible for war crime of involving children in armed conflict on basis of universal jurisdiction
• 01/04/2011: Democratic Republic of Congo: Report to the CRC Committee in advance of the DRC Initial report on the OPAC
• 01/04/2011: Myanmar: Report to the CRC Committee in advance of the DRC Initial report on the OPAC

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