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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.