Commission consults on child rights convention
The National Commission for Mothers and Children and United Nations Children’s Fund on October 25 organised a consultation workshop to review and provide input into a draft of the 3rd to 6th state Convention on the Rights of Child report. The workshop in Vientiane reported that the government is progressing well in the development of the report on the implementation of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child. The draft report reflects the achievements made by the government as well as the commitments in promoting and protecting the rights and interests of Lao children. Laos acceded to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991, and has made significant progress in the upholding children’s rights. The CRC has been incorporated into national law and policies establishing a basic legal framework for child protection including the Law on Juvenile Criminal Procedures, the adoption decree, and a new law on preventing and combating violence against women and children. National strategies and plans of action that take into account the provisions of the convention have been developed in the areas of inclusive education, nutrition and violence and will also be reported as the government is striving towards achieving the 8th National Socio-Economic Development Plan and Sustainable Development Goals.
