30. The Committee therefore recommends that the State Party:  As a matter of urgency, assess the impact of the requirement in the 2006 Act with the view to ensuring that facilities yet to be compliant for the needs of people with disabilities are made adaptable;  Assess funding allocated to the inclusive education program to ensure that the issues hindering children with disabilities from enjoying inclusive education are addressed;  Increase funding allocated to persons with disabilities by the District Assembly Common Fund and made it accessible to promote the welfare of persons with disabilities; and  Assessing the funding for the National Council on Persons with Disabilities with the view to increasing it to enable the Council effectively address the needs of persons with disabilities particularly those of children. Child Labour 31. It is indicated that the State Party has laws prohibiting children’s engagement in exploitative and hazardous labour. However the Committee is concerned that financial difficulties in homes have propelled many children to engage in various forms of labour during school hours and late at night. It was brought to the Committee’s attention that recent figures show that 1.9m children in Ghana are in child labour. The Committee is further concerned of a surge in child commercial sex along the costal Ghana. The Committee, therefore, recommends that:  The Government, in partnership with Civil Society organisations, should launch a comprehensive programme of rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration of existing children who are involved in child labour;  The Government to focus on investment in prevention activities in communities that have traditionally been the source for child labour so that the practice becomes culturally unacceptable and economically unnecessary in modern Ghana; and  The State Party urgently address the issue of commercial sex along its coastal areas. Administration of Juvenile Justice 32. The Committee notes with satisfaction the enactment of the Juvenile Justice Act 2003 which provides the legal framework for juvenile justice in Ghana. Notwithstanding, the Committee is notes that cases of children in conflict with the law are dealt through ordinary courts and they are also detained with adults; the Committee is also informed that cases at the juvenile Courts suffer from unduly delays and the absence of an effective legal aid system means that juveniles from poor and vulnerable families who cannot afford to engage the services of a lawyer go on trial unrepresented. The Committee further notes that despite efforts, there exists only two operational correctional facilities in its territory which 10

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