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the Optional Protocol to the Convention against torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the rights of the child on the
involvement of children in armed conflict;
the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.
11. Welcomes the General Peace Agreement of 30 December 2004 signed between the
Government of Senegal and the Movement of the Democratic Forces of Casamance
(MFDC), as well as Senegal’s commitment to an extensive reconstruction
programme in the Casamance. The Commission also appreciates the
implementation of a special development programme for the Casamance region.
12. Welcomes the Government of Senegal’s decision to declare children orphaned by the
« Diola » boat disaster as wards of the State, establish a national Office to cater for
wards of the State, and the significant efforts deployed to ensure a maritime link
between Dakar and Ziguinchor with the commissioning of a new boat for
transporting people and the entry into service of a cargo vessel to promote marketing
of products.
13. Notes that the Government of Senegal has developed an integrated national system
for the protection of children, which was incorporated into the Economic and Social
Policy Document (DPES).
14. Commends efforts made to address the phenomenon of street children through
various actions, in particular, introduction of the offence of begging into the criminal
code and adoption of a law criminalizing human trafficking and exploiting others
through begging, establishment of a strategic framework for the reduction of the
phenomenon of street children, development of a National social protection strategy,
establishment of a mechanism for the pooling of resources and experiences to
address the practice, and other initiatives aimed at effectively addressing this
phenomenon.
15. Welcomes the implementation of programmes for children in vulnerable situations
with a view to strengthening priority actions to eliminate the worst forms of child
labour and protect them from all forms of exploitation, abuses and violence.
16. Welcomes the allocation of CFAF 4.5 billion for rehabilitation of detention facilities,
in particular, the construction of a multi-purpose building at the Rebeuss prison
facility consisting of a library, a socio-educational service, a concert hall and a
computer room, reinstallation of electrical connections at the Rebeuss and Cap
Manuel prisons, installation of gas cookers in prison facilities and construction of
rooms for minors at the female prison in Dakar.
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