Report on the Advocacy Mission to assess the situation of children in Central African Republic conduct a comprehensive assessment of the needs of vulnerable children and adopt a budgeting method allowing to progressively address the persistent disparities in the exercise of children’s rights. - The Committee strongly encourages authorities to carry on efforts to ensure security sector reform and the progressive establishment of an administration of juvenile justice, and urges the State to make a strong commitment towards a greater protection of children through the adoption of a Child Protection Code. - The Committee recommends a systematic training on children’s rights and protection for all professional groups working with children, including law enforcement officers, judges, prosecutors, teachers, health sector staff, social workers and prison staff. - The Committee recommends for the State to take the necessary steps for the effective ratification of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. It also recommends, to further promote the exercise of the rights of children, to ratify the main international instruments on human to which it is not yet a party. - The Committee recommends for the State to strengthen 26