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Prevalence, Abuse & Exploitation of Street Children The Republic of
Croatia [map] is located in the northwest corner of the Balkan Peninsula
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- Select Gender, Country ( UNICEF - The Big Picture U.S. Dept
of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Statistics on the number of working children under age 15 in Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - Education was free and mandatory
through grade eight (generally age 14); boys and girls had equal access to
education. The majority of students continued their education until the age
of 18, with Roma being the only notable exception. Romani children faced
serious obstacles to continuing their education, including discrimination in
schools and a lack of family support. An estimated 10 percent of Romani
children began primary school, and only approximately 10 percent of these
went on to secondary school. Concluding
Observations Of The Committee On The Rights Of The Child (CRC) - 2004 [17] The Committee is concerned
about the absence of disaggregated statistical data and other information on
the situation of children, especially those belonging to different ethnic groups
and the most vulnerable groups. This type of information is lacking in
particular with respect to girl children, street children, disabled children,
displaced, refugees and asylum-seekers children, children from minority
groups, Roma children. [41] The Committee expresses its
concern that quite a number of children without parental care or who have
lost contact with their families are in institutions or in foster care and
about the low quality of care and treatment provided to these children. The
Committee is also concerned about the apparent insufficient monitoring of
placements. [57] While noting the efforts made
by the State Party with regard to education - e.g. the 2001 Law on the
Changes and Amendments of the Primary Education Law, it remains concerned
about the different access to education of children belonging to minority and
most vulnerable groups, including Roma children, children living in poverty,
children with disabilities and foreign children which hampers the full
enjoyment of a system of education adequate to their values and identity. The
Committee is also concerned that the education system and its organization
remain very centralized and that human rights education is not included in
the curricula. Finally, the Committee is concerned about the shift system of
instruction and the poor equipment and school facilities in many parts of the
country. The News Behind The News - Croatia [04/01] We have urgent need to help
one very poor family who was already described in report of the last year.
Husband 35 (years) was as Croat prisoner in Country Reports
on Human Rights Practices - 2001 NATIONAL/RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITIES - In March two incidents of
skinhead violence against Roma were reported: in Split, four skinheads
assaulted a 9-year-old boy; in Zagreb, a group of approximately 20 skinheads beat three
teenage Romani boys outside a discotheque. In April a gang of skinheads
beat a teenage Romani boy at Zagreb's main railway station. In late
April, a group of approximately 30 non-Romani villagers reportedly harassed
and beat five Roma with bludgeons in a town in Eastern Slavonia. Access To Housing For Disadvantaged Categories Of Persons [DOC] 2.3 Other Eastern - Central
European countries - Croatia Caritas of Zagreb Archdiocese Caritas assists vulnerable persons
to find dwellings. The projects
encourage persons with various backgrounds to share residence with each other
and try to avoid stigmatization and isolation. o Youth who need special care,
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