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. 38.

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