The entire children’s rights legislative reform process should have a clearly defined timetable. The legislative reform process should not be open-ended.
A legislative reform process that continues for months or years without any appreciable achievement in terms of either developing a broad national consensus on children’s rights or determining specific recommendations about the next practical steps to be taken will not be seen as helpful or effective, and may easily lose momentum.
There should be a clear deadline for the completion of the reform process from the beginning, and the process should be implemented based on a realistic schedule, bearing in mind that legislation can be a lengthy process.
Likewise, the process of legislative reform with the aim of implementing children’s rights should have a schedule for the achievement of clearly defined interim goals (e.g.: conducting the CRIA, consultation with relevant stakeholders, consultation with children, drafting of the new or amended legislation, presentation of the proposal to parliament).
