Universal Periodic Review: The Status of Children's Rights - CRIN

Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) Analysis of Children's Rights in the Recommendations
Which particular issues are accepted and rejected most
In the final recommendations?
Earlier in the chapter, Tables 3 and 4 (page 19) illustrated the extent to which children's rights as a whole are accepted
and rejected in the UPR, highlighting the fact that children's rights are more likely to be rejected than general human
rights issues. Table 14 below reveals which particular children's rights issues are accepted and rejected the most.
Table 14: States responses to particular recommendations
Children's rights issue % Accepted % Rejected % Pending
VIOLENCE 83% 4% 14%
EDUCATION 85% 4% 11%
JUVENILE JUSTICE 56% 13% 30%
CHILD TRAFFICKING 92% 5% 3%
CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT 68% 10% 22%
ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS 67% 13% 20%
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT 50% 31% 19%
CHILD LABOUR 80% 4% 16%
HEALTH 95% 0% 5%
Findings and Analysis
Corporal punishment the most rejected issue
Table 14 clearly illustrates the range of responses given by States under Review to the selected issues. Corporal
punishment is rejected the most by States of the nine issues selected. Of the 72 recommendations made on the issue of
corporal punishment, only 50 per cent were accepted and 30 per cent were rejected. On the other hand, of the 257
recommendations proposed on education, only four per cent were rejected by States under Review.
Note: It is interesting to note that juvenile justice is the second least accepted issue; only 56 per cent
of recommendations are accepted, but 30 per cent are left pending. It might be interesting to carry
out further research into which particular aspect of juvenile justice remains pending for most States.
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