[The following are selected recommendations included in each Committee’s Concluding Observations to country reports. Selection is based on population issues addressed by UNFPA, and some recommendations may address more than one subject. The recommendations presented belong to the last report submitted, and may not reflect actions taken since towards their implementation.]

Population and Development

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Fifty-fifth session (2 – 27 August 1999). The Committee considered the tenth to thirteenth periodic reports of Haiti (CERD/C/336/Add.1) and adopted the following concluding observations.

The Committee recommends that the State party in its next periodic report provide full information on the demographic composition of the population in the light of paragraph 8 of the reporting guidelines, together with socio-economic indicators on the situation of the various ethnic communities.

Committee on the Rights of the Child, Thirty-second session (January 2003). The Committee considered the initial report of Haiti (CRC/C/51/Add.7and adopted the following concluding observations.

The Committee recommends that the State party develop a system of data collection and indicators consistent with the Convention and disaggregated by gender, age, and urban and rural area. This system should cover all children up to the age of 18 years, with specific emphasis on those who are particularly vulnerable. It further encourages the State party to use these indicators and data in the formulation of policies and programmes for the effective implementation of the Convention. The Committee recommends that the State party seek technical assistance from, inter alia, UNICEF and the United Nations Development Programme.

Reproductive Health

Committee on the Rights of the Child, Thirty-second session (January 2003). The Committee considered the initial report of Haiti (CRC/C/51/Add.7and adopted the following concluding observations.

The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Undertake all necessary measures to formulate adequate adolescent health policies and programmes, paying particular attention to adolescent girls;
(b) Strengthen sexual and reproductive health education, mental health and adolescent-sensitive counselling services and make them accessible to adolescents.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Increase its efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS, taking into consideration the recommendations of the Committee adopted at its day of general discussion on children living in a world with HIV/AIDS (CRC/C/80, para. 243);
(b) Urgently take measures to prevent mother-to-child transmission, inter alia, by combining it with the activities to reduce maternal mortality, and take adequate measures to address the impact upon children of the HIV/AIDS-related deaths of parents, teachers and others, in terms of children’s reduced access to family life, adoption, emotional care and education;
(c) Strengthen its efforts to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS among adolescents, particularly among those belonging to vulnerable groups;
(d) Seek further technical assistance from, among others, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.

Treaty Body Recommendations Addressing Population Groups

[The following are selected recommendations included in each Committee’s Concluding Observations to country reports. Selection is based on population groups relevant to UNFPA's mandate, and some recommendations may address more than one subject. The recommendations presented belong to the last report submitted, and may not reflect actions taken since towards their implementation.]

Adolescents and Youth

Committee on the Rights of the Child, Thirty-second session (January 2003). The Committee considered the initial report of Haiti (CRC/C/51/Add.7and adopted the following concluding observations.

The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Undertake all necessary measures to formulate adequate adolescent health policies and programmes, paying particular attention to adolescent girls;
(b) Strengthen sexual and reproductive health education, mental health and adolescent-sensitive counselling services and make them accessible to adolescents.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Increase its efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS, taking into consideration the recommendations of the Committee adopted at its day of general discussion on children living in a world with HIV/AIDS (CRC/C/80, para. 243);
(b) Urgently take measures to prevent mother-to-child transmission, inter alia, by combining it with the activities to reduce maternal mortality, and take adequate measures to address the impact upon children of the HIV/AIDS-related deaths of parents, teachers and others, in terms of children’s reduced access to family life, adoption, emotional care and education;
(c) Strengthen its efforts to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS among adolescents, particularly among those belonging to vulnerable groups;
(d) Seek further technical assistance from, among others, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.

Persons with Disabilities

Committee on the Rights of the Child, Thirty-second session (January 2003). The Committee considered the initial report of Haiti (CRC/C/51/Add.7and adopted the following concluding observations.

The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Develop a comprehensive strategy, including the necessary plans of action, for children with disabilities;
(b) Collect data on disabled children in order to review their situation in terms of their access to suitable health care, education services and employment opportunities;
(c) Take note of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (General Assembly resolution 48/96, annex) and of the Committee’s recommendations adopted at its day of general discussion on the rights of children with disabilities (CRC/C/69, paras. 310-339);
(d) Allocate adequate resources to strengthen services for children with disabilities, support their families and train professionals in the field; (e) Seek assistance from, among others, UNICEF and WHO.

Reports from country visits by the Special Rapporteurs

Commission on Human Rights, Fifty-sixth session. Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy. Report on the mission to Haiti (14 to 17 June 1999)
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Rapporteurship on the Rights of Women. Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Haiti (1995) ch. IV.3.B: “Violence against Women and Sexual Abuse”