Human Rights Index

CRC/C/15/ADD.138 (CRC, 2000)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	r) become a party to Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption of 1993	Central African Republic	2.1 - Status of international instruments 35.2 - Children: family environment and alternative care	children
	Paragraph(s) 51 CRC/C/15/ADD.138 (CRC, 2000)
	r) (aknowledging State's commitment to drafting policy on child labour that has as starting point elimination of worst forms of such labour) pursue and strengthen efforts r) (noting recent ratification of ILO Convention 138 on Minimum Age for Admission to Employment) make every effort to implement this convention and to ratify and implement ILO Convention No. 182 concerning Prohibition and Immediate Action for Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour r) seek assistance from ILO/IPEC in this regard	Central African Republic	2.1 - Status of international instruments 35.3 - Children: protection against exploitation	children
	Paragraph(s) 79 CRC/C/15/ADD.138 (CRC, 2000)
	r) consider ratifying OP-CRC-AC at earliest opportunity	Central African Republic	2.1 - Status of international instruments 35.5 - Children in armed conflict	children persons affected by armed conflict
	Paragraph(s) 83 CRC/C/15/ADD.138 (CRC, 2000)
	r) monitor and address any incidents involving sale or prostitution of children and consider ratifying OP-CRC-SC	Central African Republic	2.1 - Status of international instruments 35.3 - Children: protection against exploitation	children
	Paragraph(s) 85 CRC/C/15/ADD.138 (CRC, 2000)

CCPR/C/CAF/CO/2 (HRC, 2006)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	r) in accordance with art. 6 ICCPR and in light of policy of abolishing capital punishment in practice, State should ensure that death penalty is not extended to new crimes r) abolish death penalty and accede to ICCPR-OP2	Central African Republic	2.1 - Status of international instruments 4.1 - Legal framework 11.3 - Death penalty	general
	Paragraph(s) 13 CCPR/C/CAF/CO/2 (HRC, 2006)

A/HRC/8/6/Add.1 (RSG IDPs, 2008)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	r) [the authorities should] ratify without delay the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region and the related protocols, in particular the Protocol on Protection and Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons, which the Central African Republic helped to draft, and revise national legislation on the basis of the principles and obligations of developed States in this regard	Central African Republic	2.1 - Status of international instruments 40 - Internally displaced persons & refugees	internally displaced persons
	Paragraph(s) 85 (f) A/HRC/8/6/Add.1 (RSG IDPs, 2008)
	r) [the authorities should] pay special attention to the needs of displaced children, and in that connection ratify as soon as possible the Optional Protocol to the CRC on the involvement of children in armed conflict	Central African Republic	2.1 - Status of international instruments 35.5 - Children in armed conflict 40 - Internally displaced persons & refugees	children internally displaced persons persons affected by armed conflict
	Paragraph(s) 85 (g) A/HRC/8/6/Add.1 (RSG IDPs, 2008)

CRC/C/15/ADD.138 (CRC, 2000)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	r) (in light of art. 44, paragraph 6 CRC) initial report and written replies submitted be made widely available to public at large; publication of report be considered along with relevant summary records and concluding observations adopted thereon by CRC r) such document be widely distributed in order to generate debate and awareness of CRC, implementation and monitoring within Government, Parliament and general public, including concerned NGOs r) request international cooperation in this regard	Central African Republic	3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies	children general
	Paragraph(s) 86 CRC/C/15/ADD.138 (CRC, 2000)

CCPR/C/CAF/CO/2 (HRC, 2006)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	n) efforts made by State to ensure greater respect for human rights and to establish rule of law n) delegation's undertaking to implement Committee's recommendations expeditiously	Central African Republic	3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies 4.1 - Legal framework	general
	Paragraph(s) 3 CCPR/C/CAF/CO/2 (HRC, 2006)
	r) next periodic report will be due 1 August 2010 as r) make public and disseminate text of present report and concluding observations adequately and promptly throughout Central African Republic r) make next periodic report available to civil society and to non-governmental organizations operating in State	Central African Republic	3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies 4.3 - Context, statistics, budget, training, dissemination, civil society	general
	Paragraph(s) 19 CCPR/C/CAF/CO/2 (HRC, 2006)
	r) in accordance with rule 71, paragraph 5, of Committee's rules of procedure, State should submit information within one year on follow-up given to the recommendations contained in paragraphs 11, 12 and 13 r) provide information in next report on Committee's other recommendations and on application of the Covenant as a whole	Central African Republic	3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies	general
	Paragraph(s) 20 CCPR/C/CAF/CO/2 (HRC, 2006)

A/HRC/4/38/Add.5 (RSG IDPs, 2007)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	> RSG IDPs would also like to thank the members of the Government, representatives of United Nations organs and organizations and members of NGOs who agreed to meet with him and who helped to ensure that his visit went smoothly	Central African Republic	3.2 - Cooperation with special procedures 40 - Internally displaced persons & refugees	general internally displaced persons
	Paragraph(s) 3 A/HRC/4/38/Add.5 (RSG IDPs, 2007)

A/HRC/4/38/Add.5 (RSG IDPs, 2007)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	> RSG IDPs recommends that the international community and donor agencies should in particular: - increase their field presence, especially in areas receiving large numbers of displaced persons, in order to provide them with appropriate protection and assistance - continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the displaced persons, particularly in the form of non-food products and seeds to enable them to pursue their agricultural activities - as the rainy season approaches, make a special effort to supply materials to enable the victims of displacement to build shelters in order to protect themselves from the elements - work with the Government to train the security forces to increase their awareness, in particular, of international humanitarian law, human rights, and the Guiding principles on internal displacement - support the Government in its efforts to strengthen the local presence of State institutions, with particular reference to the spheres of education, justice, the police and health care - provide sustained support for a development programme focused on the north of the country, in order to tackle the fundamental causes of the crisis, which lie in the marginalization and underdevelopment of this region	Central African Republic	3.3 - Cooperation with other international mechanisms and institutions 3.42 - Inter-State cooperation & development assistance 4.2 - Institutions & policies 29.2 - Right to adequate food 29.3 - Right to adequate housing 30 - Right to health 31 - Right to education 40 - Internally displaced persons & refugees	general internally displaced persons
	Paragraph(s) 12 A/HRC/4/38/Add.5 (RSG IDPs, 2007)

A/HRC/8/6/Add.1 (RSG IDPs, 2008)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	r) [the authorities should] continue to cooperate with the international community in its efforts to protect and assist displaced persons	Central African Republic	3.3 - Cooperation with other international mechanisms and institutions 40 - Internally displaced persons & refugees	internally displaced persons
	Paragraph(s) 85 (h) A/HRC/8/6/Add.1 (RSG IDPs, 2008)
	r) [the UN and humanitarian and development organizations should] increase their presence on the ground, especially in the areas which are affected by the conflict and contain large numbers of displaced persons, in order to protect and assist them in case of need	Central African Republic	3.3 - Cooperation with other international mechanisms and institutions 40 - Internally displaced persons & refugees	internally displaced persons
	Paragraph(s) 87 (a) A/HRC/8/6/Add.1 (RSG IDPs, 2008)
	r) [the UN and humanitarian and development organizations should] continue to provide humanitarian assistance to displaced populations, in particular non‑food products and seed, so that they can continue to farm	Central African Republic	3.3 - Cooperation with other international mechanisms and institutions 40 - Internally displaced persons & refugees	internally displaced persons
	Paragraph(s) 87 (b) A/HRC/8/6/Add.1 (RSG IDPs, 2008)
	r) [the UN and humanitarian and development organizations should] at the approach of the rainy season, make a special effort to provide displaced victims with equipment so that they can build structures in which they can take shelter in bad weather	Central African Republic	3.3 - Cooperation with other international mechanisms and institutions 40 - Internally displaced persons & refugees	internally displaced persons
	Paragraph(s) 87 (c) A/HRC/8/6/Add.1 (RSG IDPs, 2008)
	r) [the UN and humanitarian and development organizations should] work with the Government to train and heighten the awareness of the security forces, in particular as concerns international humanitarian law, human rights and the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement	Central African Republic	3.3 - Cooperation with other international mechanisms and institutions 4.3 - Context, statistics, budget, training, dissemination, civil society 40 - Internally displaced persons & refugees	internally displaced persons
	Paragraph(s) 87 (d) A/HRC/8/6/Add.1 (RSG IDPs, 2008)
	r) [the UN and humanitarian and development organizations should] step up activities to protect displaced persons, in particular by strengthening the protection cluster and ensuring more regular monitoring of the human rights situation by BONUCA’s human rights division	Central African Republic	3.3 - Cooperation with other international mechanisms and institutions 14.3 - Liberty & security of person 40 - Internally displaced persons & refugees	internally displaced persons
	Paragraph(s) 87 (e) A/HRC/8/6/Add.1 (RSG IDPs, 2008)
	r) [the UN and humanitarian and development organizations should] provide substantial support to a targeted development programme for the north of the country so as to combat the root causes of the crisis, which lie in the marginalization and underdevelopment of the region	Central African Republic	3.3 - Cooperation with other international mechanisms and institutions 7 - Non-discrimination 40 - Internally displaced persons & refugees	general internally displaced persons
	Paragraph(s) 87 (g) A/HRC/8/6/Add.1 (RSG IDPs, 2008)
	r) [the UN and humanitarian and development organizations should] support the Government’s efforts to strengthen the presence of State institutions on the ground, in particular in the areas of education, justice, the police and health care	Central African Republic	3.3 - Cooperation with other international mechanisms and institutions 15 - Administration of justice & fair trial 30 - Right to health 31 - Right to education 40 - Internally displaced persons & refugees	general internally displaced persons
	Paragraph(s) 87 (g) A/HRC/8/6/Add.1 (RSG IDPs, 2008)

A/HRC/8/3/Add.5 (SR Summary Executions, 2008)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	> the current arrangement for international human rights monitoring and assistance is unsatisfactory r) OHCHR should open an office in the Central African Republic	Central African Republic	3.3 - Cooperation with other international mechanisms and institutions 11.2 - Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions	general
	Paragraph(s) 27 A/HRC/8/3/Add.5 (SR Summary Executions, 2008)

A/HRC/4/38/Add.5 (RSG IDPs, 2007)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	> RSG IDPs recommends that the international community and donor agencies should in particular: - increase their field presence, especially in areas receiving large numbers of displaced persons, in order to provide them with appropriate protection and assistance - continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the displaced persons, particularly in the form of non-food products and seeds to enable them to pursue their agricultural activities - as the rainy season approaches, make a special effort to supply materials to enable the victims of displacement to build shelters in order to protect themselves from the elements - work with the Government to train the security forces to increase their awareness, in particular, of international humanitarian law, human rights, and the Guiding principles on internal displacement - support the Government in its efforts to strengthen the local presence of State institutions, with particular reference to the spheres of education, justice, the police and health care - provide sustained support for a development programme focused on the north of the country, in order to tackle the fundamental causes of the crisis, which lie in the marginalization and underdevelopment of this region	Central African Republic	3.3 - Cooperation with other international mechanisms and institutions 3.42 - Inter-State cooperation & development assistance 4.2 - Institutions & policies 29.2 - Right to adequate food 29.3 - Right to adequate housing 30 - Right to health 31 - Right to education 40 - Internally displaced persons & refugees	general internally displaced persons
	Paragraph(s) 12 A/HRC/4/38/Add.5 (RSG IDPs, 2007)

A/HRC/8/6/Add.1 (RSG IDPs, 2008)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	r) donors should continue to support programmes to benefit internally displaced persons, and increase their assistance substantially so as to underpin the continuing presence of agencies and organizations active in the area	Central African Republic	3.42 - Inter-State cooperation & development assistance 40 - Internally displaced persons & refugees	internally displaced persons
	Paragraph(s) 88 A/HRC/8/6/Add.1 (RSG IDPs, 2008)

CRC/C/15/ADD.138 (CRC, 2000)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	n) references to children in State's Constitution and adoption of new Family Code which entered into force in October 1998	Central African Republic	4.1 - Legal framework	children general
	Paragraph(s) 3 CRC/C/15/ADD.138 (CRC, 2000)