Attributes of Article 27

Data is collected and disaggregated by prohibited grounds for discrimination including age, sex, ethnicity, disability, when applicable
 

Securing Adequate Standard of Living for Each Child’s Holistic Development

Obligation to take measures to assist parents and other caretakers

Recovery of maintenance for the child

Structural

Indicators

as an indication of commitment to take action, refers to the existence of institutions and policies and laws aligned with the international child rights laws and for the realisation of children’s rights.

1. GCRD There is explicit recognition of the right to a standard of living adequate for the child’s physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development in constitution and subsequent legislation.

2. The legislation provides for:

2.1 Simplified procedures for families with children to have quick and adequate access to social protection

2.2 Security of tenure, equal inheritance and protection against forced eviction

2.3 Rights for the child to lodge a complaint at consumer protection bodies and courts

2.4 Employment conditions for working parents and caregivers in fulfilling their responsibilities to children in their duty of care

3. National strategy and plan of action in place with a time frame and budget covering physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development of children particularly with regard to nutrition, clothing and housing.
   

4. The State Party enters into bilateral and international agreements that secure recovery of maintenance for the child guided by the best interest principle.

5. The legislation provides for clear definitions and duties of structures for accessible and timely maintenance systems.

Process

Indicators

refers generally to efforts made and actions taken, following on from commitment, and thus to specific activities, resources and/or initiatives in pursuit of rights’ realisation.

6. Percentage of national budget used for providing adequate standard of living for children, particularly with regard to nutrition, clothing and housing.

7. Net Official Development Assistance (ODA) for social or community housing, food security, clothing received or provided as proportion of public expenditure on gross national income (GNI).

  

8. Percentage of complaints by children and families responded to effectively by the government (National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and other mechanisms)

8.1 On the right to adequate food, food safety and consumer protection law

8.2 On the right to housing

    

Outcome

Indicators

refers to a measurable resultant change either in the “rights environment” or directly in lives of children.

9. SDG1.3.1 Percentage of children covered by social protection floors/systems, by sex, age groups, disability, poverty, vulnerability. (Art 26-Ind 14)

10. Percentage of children below national poverty line before and after social transfers.

 

  

11. SDG1.2.2 (adapted) Proportion of children living in poverty and annual change in reporting period.

12. SDG11.1.1 Proportion of children in urban settings living in slums, informal settlements or inadequate housing.

13. SDG2.2. Prevalence of stunting (height for age <-2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age.

14. SDG2.2.2 Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age, by type (wasting and overweight). (Art 24-Ind 15)

15. SDG4.2.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age who are developmentally on track in health, learning and psycho-social well-being, by sex. (Art 6-Ind 15)

 

16. Percentage of children aged 15-19 years not in education, employment or training as a proportion of the population of the same age group.

17. Percentage of families with sustained access to an improved water resource, sanitation, electricity, waste disposal, and internet access.

18. Number of homeless children.

19. Percentage of children with one or both parents unemployed and long-term unemployed.

20. Percentage of maintenance orders that are successfully enforced (international and national).