Such silence could be broken in the framework of the implementation of this law that
promotes child protection.
The release of further resources to support physical and psychological rehabilitation of
children victims of sexual exploitation was never considered in practice. However, it seems
interesting to think about it as many children victims of sexual exploitation could be freed
from this yoke if they were offered a suitable alternative rehabilitation.
As part of the control of the factors negatively affecting the quality of the Congolese justice,
the study enabled to address the issue of the disbursement of budget allocations to justice in
general and to get the increase of the ceiling of allocations dedicated to Juvenile Justice.
The common practice in the Congolese courts is to receive complaints without distinction
based on the juvenile status of the perpetrators. In the juvenile courts, the mere fact of making
a request, a complaint or a report, which involves a child, is essential to justify a referral to a
judge whose obligation is to comply first with children's sensitivity and victims’ privacy.
Following the proceedings of the World Congress against sexual exploitation of children for
commercial purposes, respectively in 1996 in Stockholm and 2001 in Yokohama, meetings
organised to address concerns shared during these proceedings, have unfortunately not yet led
to the adoption of a national action programme, national indicators for monitoring progress
with targets and a timetable of operations.
Doctors Without Borders in France (MSF) has been developing since March 2005 in
Brazzaville, medical and psychological support programme for victims of sexual violence.
The programme that runs in two basic hospital provides comprehensive care resulted in:
1 medical care;
2 pregnancy prevention;
1 prevention of sexually transmitted infections;
2 prophylactic treatment of HIV / AIDS;
3 Counselling of raped women and babies born of rape;
4 Social assistance in connection with local and international partners;
5 A care, information and advice centre.
From the typology of women raped compiled by MSF, it appears that 60% of cases consists
of underage girls.
The country also has national operational capabilities in trauma counselling for people
affected by armed conflict through the training of 1,356 resource people and the care of
15,178 people, including 80% of children. The country also has an observatory on violence
and a network of NGOs working on the issue of violence.
5 - Other forms of abuse: begging, early pregnancy
Begging has always existed in major cities of Congo, in diverse and various degrees without
becoming a common practice and it is culturally tolerated. Only a detailed study would
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