Initiatives such as the Canadian Hospitals Injury and Prevention Program, the Centres for Excellence for Children’s Well-being, the Health Behaviours in School-Aged Children Survey, the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System, the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program, the Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect, the Enhanced Surveillance of Canadian Street Youth System, the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), New Cana ...[+++]dian Children and Youth Survey, the Aboriginal Peoples Survey, Aboriginal Children’s Survey, the Social Development Partnerships Program, and the international Child Protection Research Fund combine quantitative and qualitative knowledge development from surveys and statistics with community-based research and the collection and sharing of best practices.

Article 15 lays down an obligation for Member States to establish a number of protection measures for child victims of trafficking in human beings during criminal investigations and proceedings.All national legislations appear to include provisions corresponding with Article 15(1) to ensure that in criminal investigations and proceedings, a representative is appointed for the child victim of trafficking where the holders of parental responsibility are precluded from representing the child as a result of a conflict of interest.The righ ...[+++]t to legal counselling and legal representation for the child victim of trafficking foreseen in paragraph 2 tends to be covered by general rules of criminal and civil law applicable to everyone, including adults and children.

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that in criminal investigations and proceedings, in accordance with the role of victims in the relevant justice system, competent authorities appoint a representative for a child victim of trafficking in human beings where, by national law, the holders of parental responsibility are precluded from representing the child as a result of a conflict of interest between them and the child victim.

The first is the National Longitudinal Study of Children and Youth, a study that is considered a definitive source of national data for research and child development in Canada.

23. Notes that Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir enjoys a unique status under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, granting it greater autonomy than other states in the Union; is pleased to see recent moves in Jammu and Kashmir to strengthen democracy (as evidenced by the 75% turnout in recent local elections), and the moves by Prime Minister Singh to reopen dialogue with the APHC; however, notes that there remain deficiencies in practice with regard to human rights and direct democracy, as evidenced by, for example, the fact that all candidates standing for office in Jammu and Kashmir (as in other states) have to sign an oath of loyalty to the Constitution of the State of Jammu and Kashmir which upholds the integrity of India; urge ...[+++]s India's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to exercise its full mandate with regard to any suspected or documented violations and, to lend it even greater credibility, urges the NHRC to make good the absence of any human rights professionals on its governing board; looks forward to enhanced progress in this area, and to positive outcomes from the new laws on child labour and on women and violence; notes with concern reports that large numbers of Kashmiris are detained without due process; deplores documented human rights violations by the armed forces of India, especially if the incidents of killing and rape continue in an atmosphere of impunity; notes with concern that the NHRC has no power under its statutes to investigate human rights abuses perpetrated by the Indian security forces; is nevertheless encouraged by the NHRC's recommendation that the army nominate senior military officers to oversee the implementation of fundamental human rights and the rule of law in their military units, which is being observed; notes the commitment given by the government of India in September 2005 that human rights violations will not be tolerated; and urges the Lok Sabha to consider amending the Human Rights Protection Act in ...

For example, questions to identify persons with disabilities are included in the national population health survey, the survey of labour and income dynamics, the national longitudinal survey of children and youth, and many of our other household surveys.