b. 128 129 130 Parental Responsibilities (Art.20.1 ACRWC): Articles 406 to 410 of the Personal and Family Code enshrine parental authority defined in its content and terms of exercise. Parents' failure to exercise this authority on children can generate a risk of removal of parental authority whose conditions of implementation are provided in Articles 438 to 443 of the Personal and Family Code. The new above-mentioned Child Code recognizes the right to a family environment in its Article 21. It institutes precise duties of parents as that of feeding children (Art.35), educating children (Art.36), giving them advice (Art.38); but recognizes to them the ability to administrate the family discipline (Art.39) subject to certain limits (respect of physical integrity, prohibition of torture and ill-treatments). c. Protection in Case of Separation between Parents (Art.19.2 & 3, 25 ACRWC): 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 According to the third general census of the population and housing in Benin, more than one child out of ten under 15 years do not live with their biological parents. Generally, the majority of children under 15 years (69.6%) live with their biological parents and 12.3% do not live with any of their parents whereas 12.7% live with their mother and 5.4% with their father. Boys live with the two parents (71.4%) more than girls (67.7%) while girls stay with their single mother (12.9%) more than boys (12.5%) and fathers prefer keeping boys with them (6.3% versus 4.5% of girls). Taking into account the place of residence, children in urban areas live with their two biological parents (72.4%) more than those of rural areas (64.3). Statistics informing about the State's action in matters of protection of those children are not yet centralized. Article 425 of the Personal and Family Code entitles child parents or guardians and the Office of the Public Prosecutor the ability to make a request to the relevant President of the District Court for the ordinance of educational assistance measures in favor of the non-emancipated minor whose health, security, morality are jeopardized or if their educational conditions are really compromised, or still if children by their misconduct or prodigality puts people in charge of parental authority or the guardian in the incapacity to exercise their prerogatives of direction and care. The protection of foreign or isolated children from their families is also taken into account and often needs a joint intervention of the Ministry in charge of the Family, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior through OCPMFTEH. As stipulated in bilateral and multilateral agreements concerning child trade. Altogether, any foreign child found in the Beninese territory benefits from the same care until contact is established with the parents in the country of origin. Ministries of Family, Justice and Foreign Affairs organize then the repatriation. But recently, the International Social Service (ISS) was experiencing a care program for this category of children by the intra-national and international collaboration between civil society organizations and government actors in all western African countries. In Benin, the NGO ESAM is the national coordinator of the Western Africa Network (RAO) for the protection of children implemented by the International Social Service (ISS). Benin has participated in various above-mentioned bilateral or multilateral agreements and in relation with child trade that often specify the obligations of collaboration when children from other countries are found in the others' territory. The new above-mentioned Child Code recognizes in its Article 31 the right of children to be informed about the situation of their family that promote the obligation of always