Refugee children
26. The Committee welcomes the efforts of the State Party in ensuring the protection
and well being of refugee children in the country. However, the Committee notes
with concern the limited measures taken to cater for their educational needs
especially refugee children in camps. The Committee therefore, recommend that
the State Party;
Reinforce the Law on special measures for the protection the child refugees;
Ensure camps have centers for children below school going age;
Endow sites with appropriate non formal centers for the numerous out-ofschool adolescents;
Reinforce the Law concerning special measures for the protection of child
refugees;
Create sites with specific formal education centers for children below school
age;
Create sites with appropriate non formal centers for the high number of outof-school adolescents;
Reinforce assistance in water supply, hygiene and sanitation in the refugee
campsites;
Create new sites to reduce congestion in already existing sites;
Coordinate technical services and humanitarian interventions.
Sexual Exploitation
27. The Committee recognizes and appreciates efforts the State Party has taken to
ensure child protection against all forms of violence, more especially sexual
abuse by recognizing and implementing the Convention for the Suppression of
the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others and the
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of
Women in Africa. The Committee therefore, recommends for the State Party to:
Reinforce the National Law to put an end to sexual violence and exploitation on
children;
Ensure the application of existing texts and regulations;
Put in place a fair, secured and transparent system to signal and denounce
cases of sexual abuse, that will assure to parties involved, the right to be heard
(toll-free number, vigilance committee, care protocols for sexually abused
children);
Encourage more studies on the phenomenon of sexual violence of children;
Provide psychological care to sexually abused children and Intensify medical and
psychological assistance to those children;
G. Conclusion