12 Child Trafficking 13 Child scarification 14 Introduction to sects 15 Religious Indoctrination 16 Incitement to debauchery 17 Withdrawal from school 18 Sodomy 19 Self-medication Source: Register of social services to the military. 8 3 12 106 362 56 3 32 The testimony of the social services within law enforcement structures (Police and Gendarmerie), confirms the existence of these harmful practices, including female genital mutilations which were attributed solely to foreign communities. Sexual perversions rank first amongst the number of registered cases. Several of them fall under the Criminal Procedure Code and are punishable by imprisonment. They reflect the work of prevention and dissuasion that remains to be done, especially around the component 4 (crime prevention) of the Judicial Child Protection Action Plan. I 3 - Coordination and monitoring of the implementation It should be noted that the permanent coordination of national and departmental activities in favour of the child has not been provided for over fifteen years (corresponding to the beginning of armed conflict in 1995). Since then, apart from the occasional supervisory commissions for the 2001 World Summit on Children and the Global Movement for Children, nothing has been done to revive and assign dedicated and competent officers. The National Commission in place since the 70s benefited from legal instruments and an annual budget line. Under the supervision of the Presidency of the Republic, it had enough authority to meet and engage with all relevant national powers (including civil society and leaders of foreign communities) on the implementation of the CRC. The Commission worked on the basis of an annual programme of activities, which was evaluated, reviewed, corrected and re-launched on the occasion of the annual session of its General Assembly. It was, undoubtedly, a privileged space for dialogue, communication, dissemination and popularisation of national and international instruments for child protection and could serve as support and monitoring body for UNICEF Congo’s cooperation programmes and a platform for mobilising domestic and international resources. The recommendation to reactivate the Children's Committee is therefore welcome. The ministry in charge of vulnerable children is currently reflecting on the conditions of its resurgence and revitalisation. It should be noted that there is a second level of coordination, which is rather technical, on the implementation activities of the provisions of the CRC. This is the Inter ministerial Committee of Directors General of monitoring and coordination of UNICEF Congo’s cooperation programmes established by presidential decree in view of monitoring the actions of the cooperation programme. It brings together the directors general for Planning, Health, Social Affairs, Youth, Promotion of Women, Territorial Administration (civil government) and the General Secretariat of Justice. It has a budget line, which allows it to ensure, with the support of UNICEF funds, the organisation of consultation meetings. The coordination is considered quite effective, but it is not functional enough because of the lack of a related technical body on monitoring and evaluation and the regular production of statistical data. 23