International recommendation

Child poverty

Issue date:
Human rights body:
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Themes:
Poverty
Populations of concern:
Children
Relevant CRC articles:
Art. 26 – Social securityArt. 27 – Adequate standard of living
Source:
CRC/C/NOR/CO/5-6, para. 28

Recommended measures (1)

Measure
Measure type:
Policies, strategies, and action plans
Responsible Ministries:
Ministry of Children and FamiliesMinistry of Labour and Social Affairs

While noting the introduction of the strategy “Children Living in Poverty (2015–2017)”, the Committee, in the light of ongoing child poverty, draws the State party’s attention to target 1.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals on implementing nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, and recommends that the State party increase the resources allocated to combating child poverty, including by increasing child benefit rates and by adjusting them in accordance with wage inflation.