II. III. IV. The Union of cultural and sports associations of the Primary Education (UASEP); The Union of cultural and sports associations of the Secondary Education (UASES); The Benin Office of School and University Sports (OBSSU). 283 The effective implementation of the right to leisure rests on the organisation of school championship in various disciplines such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, handball, budding genius, epistolary tournaments organised by the Benin office of Posts and telecommunications, canoe races, caravans, recreational days, national holidays, several recreational and entertaining or traditional activities organised in the framework of Christmas and New Year festivities, etc. 284 In the field of Sports, school championships are organised by the Union sports associations of the Primary Education (for more than 2,500 children aged from 10 to 14 in 2009) and the Union of sports associations of the Secondary Education (for more than 2,000 children aged from 15 to 17 in 2009); they are organised for youth at the departmental level in order to favour mixture of youth, competitiveness and to scout for new talents. They include: V. National youth/junior championships of Table tennis; VI. National Juniors championship of outdoors archery; VII. Organisation of the international youth tournament of Tennis; VIII. Participation of 40 youths to the first games of CENSAD in Niger in 2009; IX. Participation of two children at the African championship in Morocco; X. Participation of two children at the African Youth Championship of table tennis, volleyball, karate, boxing, handball, and at the world championship in Germany; XI. Festival of School Sports (FESCO) for youth aged from 15 to 17. XII. Festacep, Artistic and Cultural Festival. 285 Moreover, various training and awareness programmes are also developed by governmental and nongovernmental actors, for children, particularly in markets or other hearing and reception places for children from teachers, guardian and other persons in charge of them; this could emphasise the importance of this right and improve living conditions of children. 286 International days such as June 12, (International Day against Child Labour), June 16 (Day of the African Child) and December 23 (Day of the Beninese Child) represent the occasion for a special manifestation for the benefit of children. The Government and its partners accompany the children so that they can take over the organisation of the commemoration of these events. In order to raise public awareness on the Child's rights, an educative theme is selected for each Day. In 2015, the theme of the Day of the African Child was: 25 years after the adoption of the African Charter of Child' Rights and Well-being: Let us redouble our efforts to eradicate child marriage in Africa." IX. 287 SPECIAL PROTECTIVE MEASURES The ACRWC advocates for general protection to all children but gives special protection to certain categories of children. This special protection required is justified.

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