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from the web to illuminate the situation in *** ARCHIVES
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Lithuania www.unicef.org/infobycountry/lithuania.html [accessed 14 June 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2003 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2003/lithuania.htm [accessed 18 February 2011] GOVERNMENT
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - In November 2001, an interdepartmental task force was
established to develop a strategy to address the problem of neglected
children and street children. INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Statistics on the number of working children under the age of 15
years in Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61660.htm [accessed 18 February 2011] CHILDREN - Several thousand children
reportedly lived on the street. Sixty regional government children's rights
protection agencies, other institutions, and numerous NGOs routinely assisted
these children. Street children had full access to government sponsored free
services. There were no reports of police abuse of street children. Concluding Observations of the
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 26 January 2001 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/lithuania2001.html [accessed 18 February 2011] [49] The Committee is concerned at
the reported increasing use of drugs, including psychotropic substances,
among children and adolescents in the State party, in particular those living
in the street. Further it notes that the present welfare service system is
unable to deal with the growing need for services. [51] The Committee expresses its
concern at the number of children living and working in the streets and notes
that the programs and mechanisms established to assist them are not
sufficient. Committee
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) Concluding Observations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, 29th meeting, 14-05-2004 sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/dc6f7a5b9f384505c1256e98004990ac?OpenDocument [accessed 14 June 2011] 22. The Committee is concerned
about the problem of street children in the State party as well as the lack
of information about children placed in institutions. 44. The Committee urges the State
party to combat the phenomenon of street children as a matter of priority. In
this regard, the State party should take effective measures to address the
root causes of neglect, abuse and abandonment, particularly through increased
assistance to families with children. It also requests the State party to
provide in its second periodic report detailed information and up-to-date
comparative statistics on this issue. ISHR [access information unavailable] THE MAIN ACTIVITIES – [3] Children having problems in families or collected from the streets
are provided with accommodation in a shelter, arranged with financial support
of Swedish government, commodities and clothes comes from Wittlich
IFGM charity. Due to the efforts taken
by the public offices, society and volunteers during a few years the number
of homeless and the "street children" was significantly diminished. Committee on the Rights of the Child - Reports by States – 2001 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 26th session ( olddoc.ishr.ch/hrm/tmb/treaty/crc/reports/crc_23-41/CRC_26.htm [accessed 14 June 2011] [scroll down] LITHUANIA (INITIAL REPORT) - Other areas of concern included
the lack of sufficient mechanisms to assist street children, long periods of
pre-trial detention for juvenile offenders, increases in alcohol, tobacco and
substance abuse by children, and high rates of child morbidity and deaths due
to trauma and accidents. Street Children At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 14 June 2011] OBJECTIVES - To protect children’s rights To
implement national crime prevention program To organize cultural, educational
work To give an opportunity for children to spend free-time purposefully The Gift to Jeanne Dorr, lithuanian-american.org/bridges/iss1099/gift.html [accessed 14 June 2011] A CHILD’S GATE TO LEARNING - Child’s Gate to Learning
supports efforts already under way in All material used herein
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