• should have taken specific measures to reach marginalised and vulnerable children and included them in all their programmes; • should have adopted and effectively implemented laws prohibiting the use of children for begging; • should have studied and developed legislation and policies for children in need of alternative care, or special support; • should, as far as possible, have dealt with vulnerability in a multi-pronged, multi-dimensional and comprehensive way, targeting all vulnerable children indiscriminately, regardless of the cause of the vulnerability; children’s rights promotion and development practice should embrace comprehensive service delivery for vulnerable children within a holistic, effective and sustainable system; • should have addressed the root cause of the extreme vulnerability and exclusion of children, and should not be using criminal law provisions, such as vagrancy laws, to target and criminalise the conduct of children in need of care; • should have relaxed fostering and adoption laws and sensitised the community to the advantages of fostering and adopting children who are outside the family environment. By 2020, the African Children’s Committee - • should have scrutinised State reports from the point of view of the poorest and most vulnerable children; • should have guided States to ensure that socio-economic rights are made effectively justiciable in their legal systems; By 2020, African Union • political organs should have taken the lead in monitoring the implementation of the AU’s Social Policy Framework through developing an appropriate tool setting benchmarks and time-bound goals to ensure greater accountability for the implementation of social protection. By 2020, national partners - 46