- 5 000 children participated in the official launching ceremonies of the campaigns; - over 1 000 motorbike taxi riders were mobilized and educated; - 142 educative talks were carried out by 60 trained outreach officers; - 800 artistic expressions realized by children on the theme of combating the trafficking in, and sexual exploitation of children; - over 25 000 education tools were used and distributed (Banners, Posters, T-shirts, polo shirts, face caps, ECSs Guides, special booklets, brochures); - over 42 national and international media groups mobilized. Commitments were made: - by over 500 administrative, religious and traditional authorities to fight against the trafficking in, and exploitation of children, through immediate resolutions taken by some target groups; - by some stakeholders, through testimonies that helped to denounce several cases of violation of children’s rights before the judicial and administrative authorities. Despite these breakthroughs, the phenomenon persists, due to the absence of a warning system in case of child abduction and the poor appropriation by the stakeholders of the protection chain and the legislation on the trafficking in persons. In order to overcome these difficulties, the actions recommended by Government are geared towards intensifying actions to build the capacities of the judicial chain, reception and transit centres, Civil Society Organisations operating in the areas of smuggling and trafficking. X. ADMINISTRATION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE (Art. 17) In response to the recommendations made in this domain, the State of Cameroon points out that the process to adopt the Civil Code including aspects of the draft Code on Child Protection is underway. Moreover, the current restructuring of the judicial set up grants functional specialization to Magistrates, with a special composition of court’s ruling on juvenile delinquency cases. Within this framework, aside from the professional magistrate, two assessors appointed among persons with proven interests in child matters complete the composition of the court in cases involving minors. To train this staff, courses on human rights and international humanitarian law were introduced in the curricula of the training schools and centres of the National Gendarmerie and the National School of Administration and Magistracy. Equally earmarked is the introduction of a specific module on the rights of the child. In this perspective, training kits for trainers in the rights of the child, are currently being developed, with the support of international partners (UNICEF and the UN Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa-CNUDHD). In addition, within the framework of continuous training on 42