International framework

Has the country ratified international conventions relevant to environmental protection and resource use?
a) UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
b) Paris Agreement
c) Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel Convention)
d) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Stockholm Convention)
e) Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention)
f) UN Convention on Biological Diversity
g) Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna
h) Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Has the country ratified international conventions relevant to the protection of land rights (including that of indigenous people)?
a) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
b) Convention No.169 on the Rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries or Convention No. 107 on Indigenous and Tribal Populations Convention
c) UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Has the country ratified international conventions relevant to security arrangements and the protection of civilians during armed conflict?
a) Geneva Convention (I-IV)
b) Protocol I (1977) relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts c) Protocol II (1977) relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts
d) CRC Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
e) ILO Convention 182 On the Worst forms of Child Labour

Has the country ratified international conventions and adopted international guidelines relevant to the protection of civilians during disasters?
a) Tampere convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations

Has the country ratified international conventions relevant to the fulfilment of children’s rights?
a) Convention on the Rights of the Child b) Optional Protocol on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure

National framework

Are environmental protection and public participation in environment-related decisions covered in the constitution and/or national legislation?
a) Is environmental protection covered in the national constitution (or national laws if no constitution)? b) Do national laws protect the right to freely access information on environmental quality and problems? c) Do national laws protect the right to participate meaningfully in decision-making? d) Do national laws protect the right to seek enforcement of environmental laws or compensation for harm?

Does the national legislation offer protection to indigenous people and communities with regards to their land rights?
a) Do national laws protect the right of indigenous and local communities to own, use, develop and control the lands which they traditionally or customarily occupy? (Art. 26 UNDRIP)
b) Do national laws protect the right of indigenous and local communities from being forcible relocated without their free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), agreement and fair compensation? (Art. 10 UNDRIP)

Does the national legislation offer protection to children in security arrangements?
a) Measures to protect children under 18 from compulsory recruitment and use in combat roles b) Existence of regulation of activities of private military and security companies (PMSCs) c) Government participation in the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights

Does the national legislation offer protection to children in the situations of natural disasters?
a) Does the country adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030?

Does the national framework provide a foundation for child rights policy?
a) To what extent is the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) domesticated into national law?

Does the country have programmes in place to ensure the protection and fulfilment of children’s rights?
a) Child Rights Environment Score (KidsRights Index)
b) Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government-coordinated spending plant
c) Government expenditure on education, per student in PPP $ (secondary education)
d) Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) e) Extent of implementation of child protection services f) Extent of implementation of home-visiting programmes
g) Public social protection expenditure on benefits for children as a percentage of GDP

How effective is the government in policy implementation and how credible is the government commitment to such policies?
a) World Bank Government Effectiveness Index score b) World Bank Government Corruption Index score

Does the national justice system guarantee the children’s right to access to justice? a) Does the national justice system guarantee the children’s right to access to justice?

To what extent does environmental damage lead to health consequences for children?
a) Deaths in children under 5 attributable to ambient air pollution (per 100,000 children)
b) Deaths in children under 5 attributable to water, sanitation and hygiene (per 100,000 children)

To what extent are communities (including indigenous) forcibly displaced without FPIC and/or fair compensation? a) Percentage of Indigenous and Community Lands formally recognised

To what extent have children been affected by security arrangements in the past 5 years?
a) Evidence of compulsory recruitment of children (under 18) in state, non-state or private military
b) Evidence of children (under 18) serving in combat roles in state, non-state or private military c) Number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) (Conflict and violence) per 1 million population (as of 31 December 2017) d) New displacements (Conflict and violence) per 1 million population (1 January - 31 December 2017)

To what extent have children been affected by natural disasters in the past 5 years?
a) Number of people affected by disaster per 1 million population (2013 - 2017) b) New displacements (Disasters) per 1 million population (2017) c) INFORM (Index for Risk Management) country risk score

To what extent do children enjoy protection of their right to education (with respect to education, health, protection from violence, etc.)?
a) KidsRights Education score or, if unavailable, net primary enrolment and gross secondary enrolment

To what extent do children enjoy protection of their right to health and nutrition (with respect to education, health, protection from violence, etc.)?
a) KidsRights Health score or, if unavailable, average immunisation coverage for BCG, Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis, Hepatitis B, Hib, Measles, Neonatal tetanus and Polio, malaria/diarrhoea/pneumonia related mortality, prevalence of wasting/stunted/underweight children, access to basic drinking water and basic sanitation, and deaths from inadequate water per million

To what extent do children enjoy protection of their rights?
a) KidsRights Protection score or, if unavailable, proportion of children aged 1-17 years who experienced any physical punishment and/or psychological aggression by caregivers in the past month

The Children’s Rights and Business Atlas is constructed using open-source data, prioritising data from reliable sources and acknowledged by national governments and intergovernmental agencies. Where such data was not available, data was obtained from reliable and well-respected academic and independent (i.e., business or non-governmental) sources.

Legal Framework

Basel Convention, 2016. Parties to the Basel Convention. Available at: http://www.basel.int/Countries/StatusofRatifications/PartiesSignatories/tabid/4499/Default.aspx

CBD, 2016. List of Parties. Available at: https://www.cbd.int/information/parties.shtml

Child Soldiers Initiative. Country Reports. Available at: https://www.childsoldiers.org/publications/country-reports/

CITES, 2016. List of Contracting Parties. Available at: https://www.cites.org/eng/disc/parties/chronolo.php

Constitute Project, 2016. Constitute Project. Available at: https://www.constituteproject.org/

CRIN, 2016. Latest Research and Analysis on Children’s Rights Issues. Available at: https://www.crin.org/en/library/custom-search-publications?search_api_views_fulltext=&field_publications=460&created&created_1&field_organisation=All&field_themes=All&field_crc=All&field_country_1=All&field_country=All&search_api_language=All&page=19

Ecolex, 2016. Legislation. Available at: http://www.ecolex.org/result/?q=&type=legislation&xcountry=Eritrea&xdate_min=&xdate_max=&leg_type_of_document=Constitution

ICRC, 2016. State Parties. Available at: https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/States.xsp?xp_viewStates=XPages_NORMStatesParties&xp_treatySelected=530

ICRC, 2016. State Parties. Available at: https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/vwTreaties1949.xsp

IFRC, 2016. Disaster Law Database. Available at: http://www.ifrc.org/en/publications-and-reports/idrl-database/

IFRC, 2016. IDRL Guidelines. Available at: http://www.ifrc.org/en/what-we-do/disaster-law/about-disaster-law/international-disaster-response-laws-rules-and-principles/idrl-guidelines/

ILO Committee of Experts, Information and Reports on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:20010:0::NO:::

ILO, 2017. Ratification by Convention. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:12001:0::NO:::

ILO, 2017. Ratifications by Convention. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:12001::::::

International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), 2017. The Indigenous World 2017. Available at: https://www.iwgia.org/images/documents/indigenous-world/indigenous-world-2017.pdf

Land Mark, 2018. Country Profiles. Available at: http://www.landmarkmap.org/country-profiles/

OHCHR, 2016. Status of Ratification. Available at: http://indicators.ohchr.org/

OSCE, 2018. Available at: https://www.osce.org/

PreventionWeb, 2018. Available at: https://www.preventionweb.net/english/

Stockholm Convention, 2016. Parties to the Stockholm Convention. Available at: http://chm.pops.int/Countries/StatusofRatifications/PartiesandSignatoires/tabid/4500/Default.aspx

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2016. Reporting cycles. Available at: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/Countries.aspx (CESCR)

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2016. Reporting cycles. http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/Countries.aspx (CRC-OP-AC)

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2016. Reporting Cycles. Available at: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/Countries.aspx (CRC)

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2016. Status of Ratification and Reporting. Available at: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2017, CRC Concluding Observations. Available at: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/TBSearch.aspx?Lang=en&TreatyID=5&TreatyID=10&TreatyID=11&DocTypeID=5

UN OHCHR, 2016. National regulatory frameworks on PMSCs. Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Mercenaries/WGMercenaries/Pages/NationalRegulatoryFrameworks.aspx

UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples’ Country Reports. Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/SRIndigenousPeoples/Pages/CountryReports.aspx

UN Stats, 2016. SDG indicator 1.5.3. Number of Countries that Adopt and Implement National Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies in Line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. Available at: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/database/?indicator=1.5.3

UN Treaty Collection, 2018. Tampere Convention Ratifications. Available at: https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXV-4&chapter=25&clang=_en

UN, 2007. General Assembly Adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Available at: http://www.un.org/press/en/2007/ga10612.doc.htm

UN, 2016. Status of Ratification. Available at: http://indicators.ohchr.org/

UN, 2018. Status of treaties. Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes. Available at: https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVII-5&chapter=27&clang=_en

UN, 2018. United Nations Treaty Collection. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Available at: https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=IND&mtdsg_no=IV-3&chapter=4&clang=_en

UNCCD, 2016. Status of Ratification. Available at: https://www.unccd.int/sites/default/files/relevant-links/2017-07/Ratification%20list%20Dec2016.pdf

UNFCCC, 2018. Status of Ratification. Available at: http://unfccc.int/essential_background/convention/status_of_ratification/items/2631.php

UNICEF, 2015. Children and Armed Conflict. Countries Where Children are Affected by Armed Conflict. Available at: https://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/countries-caac/

UNISDR, 2018. Available at: https://www.unisdr.org/

University of Denver, 2016. Private Security Monitor. Available at: http://psm.du.edu/national_regulation/

Voluntary Principals on Security Forces and Human Rights, 2016. Governments and the Voluntary Principals on Security Forces and Human Rights. Available at: http://www.voluntaryprinciples.org/for-governments/

WHO, 2014. Global Health Observatory data repository. Available at: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.WSHCHILDBURDEN?lang=en

World Resource Institute, 2013. Rights to Resources Map. Available at: http://www.wri.org/resources/data-sets/rights-resources-map-data-set

World Resource Institute, 2016. Environmental Democracy Index. Available at: http://www.environmentaldemocracyindex.org/rank-countries#all

Enforcement

CRIN, 2018. Access to Justice for Children: Global ranking. Available at: https://www.crin.org/en/access-justice-children-global-ranking

ILO, 2010-2011. Social Protection: Data and Indicators. Available at: http://www.social-protection.org/gimi/gess/ShowSearchIndicators.action

KidRights Index, 2018. Available at: http://www.kidsrightsindex.org/Child-Rights-Environment

UN Stats, 2018. SDG Indicator 6.a.1. Amount of Water and Sanitation Related Official Development Assistance that is Part of a Government Coordinated Spending Plan. Available at: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/database/?indicator=6.a.1

UNESCO, 2016. Expenditure on Education as % of GDP (from Government Sources). Available at: http://data.uis.unesco.org/

WHO (2012-14 dataset), 2014. Prevention Programmes. Child Maltreatment: Extent of Implementation of Home-Visiting Programmes. Available at: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.VIOLENCEPREVENTIONPROGRAMMES?lang=en

WHO (2012-14 Dataset), 2014. Services for Victims. Extent of Implementation of Child Protection Services. Available at: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.VIOLENCESERVICESFORVICTIMS?lang=en

World Bank, 2016. Control of Corruption Index. Available at: http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/#home

World Bank, 2016. Government Effectiveness Index. Available at: http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/#home

The World Bank, 2012. Government Expenditure on Education. Available at: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS

The World Bank, 2018. Health Expenditure. Available at: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.TOTL.ZS

Outcomes

Child Soldiers Initiative, undated. Country Reports. Available at: https://www.childsoldiers.org/publications/country-reports/

Child Soldiers International, 2016. Countries. Available at: http://www.child-soldiers.org/Pages/Category/countries

GRID, 2017. Global Report on Internal Displacement. Available at: http://www.internal-displacement.org/global-report/grid2017/pdfs/2017-GRID.pdf

ILO Committee of Experts, 2017. Information and Reports on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:20010:0::NO:::

INFORM, 2017. INFORM Global Risk Index. Results 2018. Available at: http://www.inform-index.org/Portals/0/InfoRM/2018/INFORM%20Annual%20Report%202018%20Web%20Spreads%20v2.pdf?ver=2017-12-20-141446-540

KidsRights Index, undated. Education Score. Available at: http://kidsrightsindex.org/Education

Land Portal, 2018. Percent of Indigenous and Community Lands - Formally recognised. Available at: https://landportal.org/book/indicator/lmm-picl-2fr

OHCHR, 2016. Reporting Cycles. Available at: http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/TreatyBodyExternal/Countries.aspx

OHCHR, 2016. Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons. Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IDPersons/Pages/Visits.aspx

Reliefweb, 2004. Child soldiers global report. Available at: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/7951D366562987B4C1256F50004D9C23-child_soldiers_CSC_nov_2004.pdf

Reliefweb, 2017. Syria: Key concerns for Raqqa battle. Available at: https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/syria-key-concerns-raqqa-battle

Reliefweb, 2018. Auto repair shop jump-starts Ugandan child soldiers into new lives. Available at: https://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/auto-repair-shop-jump-starts-ugandan-child-soldiers-new-lives

UN Stats, 2018. SGD Indicators. Available at: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs

UN, 2016. Children and armed conflict. Report of the Secretary-General. http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=s/2016/360&referer=/english/&Lang=E OR https://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/countries-caac/

UN, 2016. Land and Human Rights: Annotated Compilation of Case Law. Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/Land_HR-CaseLaw.pdf

UNESCO, 2016. Gross Enrolment Ratio by Level of Education. Available at: http://data.uis.unesco.org/?queryid=142

UNICEF, 2017. Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Database. Available at: https://data.unicef.org/topic/water-and-sanitation/drinking-water/

UNICEF, 2017. Joint Malnutrition Country Dataset, May 2017, UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group. Available at: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/

WHO, 2016. Ambient Air Pollution Attributable Deaths in Children Under 5 Years. Available at: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.127?lang=en

WHO, 2016. Immunization. Available at: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A824?lang=en

WHO, 2018. Burden of disease from inadequate water in low- and middle-income countries. Available at: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.main.INADEQUATEWATERv

WHO, 2018. Rate of deaths by cause Acute lower respiratory infections. Available at: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.main.ghe2002015-CH9?lang=en