The Committee recommends to the State party to kindly include these data in the
next reports.
Article 15: CHILD LABOUR:
The Committee observes that the minimum age required to take a job in Uganda is
14 years and that in addition the children are exploited by their employers. Also
children are used in activities such as babysitting, agriculture, fishing, animal
herding, protection of crops against birds and other household chores which deny
them any possibility of going to school.
The Committee recommends to the State party to carry out a campaign of
awareness raising taking into account employers, trade unions, NGOs, parents and
other stakeholders on detrimental effects of child labor.
The Committee further recommends the State party to use the media for information
and awareness raising campaigns and to bring its support to institutions and
organizations fighting against the phenomenon of child labor.
Article 16: PROTECTION AGAINST CHILD ABUSE AND TORTURE
The Committee observes that the Report doesn’t provide any data pertaining to
cases of child rape or sexual abuse and recommends that these data be included in
the next reports.
Article 17: ADMINISTRATION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
The Committee congratulates the State party for efforts made under the framework
of taking in charge of children in conflict with the law notably with:
- the setting up of Family and Juvenile Courts (FCC) in each constituency
placed under the jurisdiction of a lawyer who will consider cases involving
children;
- the establishment of reform centers for children at district level;
- the establishment of a National Rehabilitation Center;
- the possibility provided to amicably solve cases concerning children in conflict
with the law.
These measures show that the fundamental goal of the judiciary procedure against a
child is his amendment and his reintegration in the family and the society.
However the Committee notes that:
- several districts do not always have provisional detention centers for children
and the number of functional re-education centers is limited;
- in some cases, children are held with adults in police detention centers.
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