7) Institutionalisation within the Ministry of Justice, chambers and sections for juveniles in conflict with the law and victims of sexual violence at the Courts of Instance, the Prosecutor's Office of the Courts of Appeal; 8) Improving the conditions of detention of children through the establishment of two re-education centres for minors in conflict with the law.4 9) The existence of a child judicial protection unit in the Ministry of Justice since 2011; (10) The specialised police unit responsible for the protection of minors that deals with the different categories of children exposed to danger; 11) The establishment of the National Children's Forum which allows them to be consulted in all the decisions that concern them; 12) The creation of an integrated pilot centre for comprehensive care (psychological, social, material, legal, medical and community) of victims of gender-based sexual violence called HUMURA CENTRE, operational since July 2012 and located in centre of the country. Three more Integrated Centres are already operational in MUYINGA, MAKAMBA and CIBITOKE district hospitals 13) The establishment of child protection committees (CPE) at provincial, communal and hill level.5 12. Burundi has also adopted policies and programs aimed at improving the well-being of children. These include: 1) The National Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children (OVC) Policy adopted in September 2008; 2) The National Strategy for Socio-Economic Reintegration of Conflict-Affected People adopted in 2009. This strategy targets three groups consisting of returnees, internally displaced persons and excombatants;6 3) The 2010-2015 Action Plan to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labour, including the commercial sexual exploitation of children developed by the MFPTSS; 4) The 2011-2015 Ministry of Justice and the 2016-2020 Sectoral Policy that contain amendments aimed at filling the gaps found in the juvenile criminal justice system in order to be in harmony with the African Charter on Human Right and the well-being of the child; 5) The National Child Protection Policy (2012-2016) taking into account the principles and provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. This policy is articulated around strategic orientations, identified from the challenges revealed by the evaluation and mapping of the child protection system in Burundi. These 4 Ministerial Order No. 550/663 of 17 April 2015 establishing the Rehabilitation Centres for minors in conflict with the law (Rumonge and Ruyigi) 5 Refers to the smallest subdivision of the territory in Burundi 6 Strategic Framework for Growth and Poverty Reduction CSLPII, page 48, paragraph 176 9

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