the right to education of girls and children in disadvantaged and marginalized situations in lessdeveloped, rural and nomadic regions. While the State has taken measures which, to some extent, provide a framework for Iranian policies, strategies and plans to address a number of the rights of children in disadvantaged and marginalized situations, there is currently no comprehensive State policy, plan or strategy addressing in particular and comprehensively the rights of children in disadvantaged and marginalized situations. Admittedly a number of plans provide for the right to education for all children in Iran, and others target the development of rural and less-developed areas, which to some extent may improve the situation of children in disadvantaged and marginalized situations. However, the Islamic Republic of Iran lacks measures that would ensure that State’s policies, strategies and plans are aimed at providing children in disadvantaged and marginalized with equal opportunities in all areas of life. B. The State party should take measures to ensure that the State party’s policies, strategies and plans of action are supported with sufficient human, technical and financial resources Although lacking for other child rights, a significant number of State initiatives address the right to education of children in disadvantaged and marginalized situations. As aforementioned, the “Document on the Fundamental Transformation of Education System” states that “ensuring access to appropriate education in all regions of the country, regardless of race and gender, with emphasis on the education of girls and vulnerable groups in less-developed, rural and nomadic regions, is among the most important objectives of the country”. However, evidence suggests that the State is not providing sufficient human, technical and financial resources for such plan to be implemented. In June 2019, the state-run IRNA News Agency reported that approximately 27% of Iran’s school building were in ruin, 34% needed repair and only 39% of schools had safe buildings. A lot of the schools requiring renovation are reportedly located in the Sistan and Baluchistan province, 6 where a significant part of its population reportedly live in rural areas. 7 In 2016, the Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed concerns about “poor living conditions in regions traditionally inhabited by ethnic minorities, that in some cases completely lacked basic services such as […] schools, which had a direct negative impact on the rights of children living in those regions. 8 6 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, July 2019, https://undocs.org/A/74/188 7 Iran Wire, https://iranwire.com/en/features/5523 8 Concluding Observations, Committee on the Rights of the Child, 2016CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4, https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CRC/C/IRN/CO/3-4&Lang=En 3