It should be noted that in this respect, the fragility of the inspection institutions, is
recognized, in order to enforce the law. Increasingly, inspections are intensifying and
high fines imposed on offenders.
6.6. Prevention of torture, degrading and inhuman treatments
165. In order to safeguard child abuse, as already mentioned, the Office for Women
and Children Affairs, was established at the Police Headquarters and Public Order of
the Ministry of Interior, which seeks not only to act in the sense of prevention, but
also in the training of police officers. This training focuses on how to deal with the
most vulnerable groups, such as organizing briefing sessions and welcoming children
who have been ill-treated. At the level of the Directorate-General of the Judiciary
Police, a brigade was also set up for children and adolescents in conflict with the law,
whose mission is to give greater protection to this category of people.
VII. Family environment and alternative protections
7.1. Parental responsibility, rights and duties
166. Guinean households, are mostly widened, that is, more than the spouses and
their children, since polygamous forms of polygenic marriage, are characteristics of
all the ethnic groups that make up the country. On the contrary, the civil legislation
inherited from the colonial era, in which was drawn in the scope of the nuclear family,
constituted according to the European model.
167. Since the earliest days of independence, it was realized that there were
situations that did not suit the reality of the country. It was in this context that Law No.
4/76, of May 3, which abolished discrimination between legitimate and illegitimate
children, based on the marital status of the parents.
168. The elimination of discriminatory designations, did not solve all the legal
problems caused by the inadequacy of the civil law to the national reality, which is
why deeper reforms were undertaken, in order to harmonize national law with
international legal instruments.
169. Also, in the chapter on matrimonial property and successions, rules have been
established to guarantee equality among children, regardless of whether they are
born within or outside of civil marriage. In this respect, the commitment of the Legal
Guardianship of Children to the Family, Juvenile and Labor Courts of Bissau, as well
as the Regional Courts located in the hinterland of the country, should act in
promoting and advocating for children's rights, when their interests are at stake.
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72. Child Safety and Social Reintegration
170. Both national and international law, do not allow children to be separated from
their parents, unless it is concluded that, it will be better for their well-being,
especially when the safety and development of children are at risk.
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