dural safeguards in place. Such assessments
should be multidisciplinary and include various experts, such as social workers and child
psychologists. It should be done in an age and
gender-sensitive manner with the entire situation of the child being considered.
e. Provide the opportunity to children to express
their views, and have them taken seriously,
according to their capacity to make decisions
concerning themselves.
f.
Never use potential links of children or their
parents to the foreign fighter phenomenon as
grounds for denying the protection afforded
to the child under international human rights,
humanitarian and refugee law.
g. Train judges, law enforcement and other
stakeholders working with children affected by the foreign fighter phenomenon on
their obligations under international law,
including the Convention on the Rights of the
Child and relevant national child rights law
and standards, with the support of the United
Nations.
h. Implement the recommendations from the
Committee on the Rights of the Child before
the next national review with a view to making
concrete improvements in the status of the
rights of the child holistically at the national
level.
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