205. In addition, Juvenile Court Rules to be adopted soon and deal with the case management of both
criminal and civil cases before the Juvenile Court. Furthermore, the Guide to the Juvenile Court Rules will
provide further detailed guidelines on case management. In order to complement these legislative measures,
the State Party in Zanzibar has started to implement the Child Justice Reform Strategy 2013 - 2018 by
developing Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan for Implementation of Child Justice Strategy. To date,
targets and indicators in this regard have been identified; and M&E Tools are under development and will be
finalized at the end of 2015. Moreover, the State Party carried out training on the use of the tools to be
delivered at the end of 2015 to data focal points in all justice institutions which will include Persecutors,
Courts and Police officers
206. Furthermore, the Zanzibar Director of Public Prosecutions Manual is currently being reviewed in
order to include issues of children and manners how to handle cases of children victim and witnesses. The
Offenders’ Education Act (1980)70 is also being reviewed in order to align it with child justice, particularly to
include and accommodate minimum standards set out in the Charter. Consultations and review workshops on
the development of new legislation to repeal the existing Offenders’ Education Act conducted. Currently, the
State Party has finalised working on an advanced draft of a Bill to repeal the Offenders’ Education Act and
bring national legislation into line with international minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners and
children in detention.
207. Besides, training on the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) relating to the operationalisation
of Gender and Children’s Desks in police stations have been conducted. Notably, the SOPs were developed
and adopted in 2013, consequent to which the State Party has now printed adequate copies of the same, which
have already widely disseminated to all concerned actors. The State Party has also prepared and adopted
SOPs for Prevention and Response to GBV and Child Abuse, which are in both English and Kiswahili. They
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208. In addition, the Guide to the Community Rehabilitation Programme for Zanzibar has been
developed and operationalised. The Guide includes appropriate protocols for relevant referral bodies. In fact,
the mapping of non-state actors (NSAs) that currently work with the State in the implementation of the
scheme has been conducted. The scheme is dealing with children in conflict with law and children at risk of
offending just like it is the case with the one already being implemented in the Mainland
(e) Children victims of harmful social and cultural practices affecting the welfare, dignity,
normal growth and development of the child:
(i) Betrothal of girls and boys (Article 21.2)
209. The State Party has undertaken legislative and administrative measures to ensure that there is no
betrothal of boys and girls in its jurisdiction by particularly having specific provisions in the Penal Code and
the Law of the Child Act that criminalize using children in prostitution and earning an income through
prostitution. In particular, the Law of the Child Act imposes primary duties on parents to provide maintenance
and protection to children and to ensure that theirchildren do not get lured into prostitution. The State Party
has also continued to raise public awareness on this matter.
(ii) Early and forced marriage (Article 21.2)
210. The State Party has undertaken several constitutional, policy, legislative and administrative
measures striving toend early marriagesof girlsin its jurisdiction. In 2014 the State Party adopted Education
and Training Policy, which prohibits early and forced marriages for school girls and has resulted in a number
positive changes in policy formulations and administrative measures. Basing on the Policy, the State Party has
taken up a decision to adopt a National Plan of Action to Eliminate FGM and Child Marriages. Of late, the
MOEVT has prepared the Re-entry Guidelines for Impregnated Children to return to school on the basis of
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Act No. 1 of 1980.
It should be noted that the SOPs are prepared taking into account divergent and specific contexts prevalent both in the Mainland and
Zanzibar.
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