reported in schools perpetrated by teachers. The Committee recommends that the State Party takes serious actions against teachers who sexually abuse children. The State Party is also encouraged to take serious measures against perpetrators of commercial sexual exploitation including those who recruit children and those who sexually abuse children. With regards to the tourism sector, the Committee recommends that the State Party intensifies its legislative and administrative control in the tourism sector to prevent commercial sexual exploitation of children. Furthermore, the Committee encourages the State Party to ensure the rehabilitation and reintegration of victims of sexual abuses. To this end, the State Party is encouraged to allocate budget to such programmes, establish rehabilitation centers, and train social workers and psychologists who can support the victims. Child marriage 50. The Committee urges the State Party to revise its Family Code and eliminate all marriages below the age of 18. The Committee encourages the State Party to launch the African Union Campaign to End Child Marriage and develop national strategies and plans to eradicate the phenomenon. The State Party should involve parents, community leaders, and children themselves in the process of eliminating child marriage through sensitizations and campaigns to end child marriage. Children living and working on the street 51. The Committee notes with concern that many children have become orphans and family heads due to HIV/AIDS which in turn leads children to end up living and working on the streets. Parents in an extreme poverty also send their children to beg and work on the street for their livelihoods. The Committee notes with appreciation the efforts undertaken towards reunification with families and placement of children in foster care. The Committee encourages the State Party to continue its effort and provide rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for children rescued from the streets. In addition, the Committee recommends that the State Party takes proactive measures by providing support to orphaned children and child headed families to prevent the situation of children on the streets. I. Responsibility of the child 52. The Committee notes that the responsibilities of children are enshrined in the Constitution of the State Party as a general rule applicable to all. The Committee recommends that the State Party undertakes to uphold the principle of best interest of the child when applying the constitutionally enshrined responsibilities of the child and implements such provision bearing in mind that the responsibilities of the child 15

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