sexual exploitation, protection against pornography, paedophilia, child labour and the worst
forms of child labour as well as protection against the use of drugs, narcotics and alcohol.
Title 4 is devoted to the protection of particularly vulnerable children, it recalls the special
attention to be given to this category, which includes children with disabilities, and
abandoned children who may be subject to alternative care.
Finally, Title 5 deals with child protection in the administration of justice, which is subject to
special conditions, in view of his/her age and the severity of the offense, in accordance with
Articles 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 and others, while based on the following principles:
a. The decision should always be proportionate not only to the circumstances and gravity of
the offense but also to the circumstances and needs of the juvenile as well as the needs of
society;
b. Deprivation of individual liberty is imposed on the child guilty of an offense if there are no
other appropriate solutions;
c. Death penalty is not applicable to offenses committed by children;
d. The welfare of the child must be the determining factor in the consideration of his/her case;
The child victim has the right to privacy, to humane treatment, health care, and psychosocial
support. The child “asylum seeker, refugee or victim of trafficking or sale, has the right to
return, within a reasonable time to his home country.”
Are punished and sentenced to fines or imprisonment, the following cases:
• Any registrar guilty of bribery or corruption;
• Anyone who makes false statements in the context of declaration of birth;
• Anyone guilty of kidnapping, defilement, concealment or removal of a child;
• whoever abandoned and / or neglected to care, to accommodate a sick child;
• perpetrators of inhuman or degrading treatment or dehumanizing punishments against
children;
• anyone who will engage in the trafficking, sale or other forms of exploitation of children;
• whoever has impregnated a child;
• The perpetrator of negligence, exploitation, abuse, torture or any other form of cruel to the
child;
• Anyone who has been convicted of child abandonment because of the child’s disability, etc.
Also in its Article 90, paragraph 2, second sub section, in terms or redress, the Child
protection Act states: "The right to seek compensation may also be exercised by:
- The parents, guardian or other person having custody of the child;
- Any qualified association working in the field of child protection "
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