a) Revise and update the National Action Plan for the Elimination of the Worst
Forms of Child Labor 2013-2017;
b) Ensure the full implementation of the laws that deal with child abuse and neglect;
c) Develop a strategy for addressing the social norms and behaviour that underpin
vulnerability to child labour, especially violence and neglect in the home
environment;
d) Support and capacitate community based early warning and early intervention
protection mechanisms;
e) Develop long term care and protection services for families and children;
f) Building competences of social workers to provide appropriate follow up to
children and families;
g) Strengthen efforts geared towards the enrolment of victims of child labour in
schools;
h) Ensure the availability and accessibility of legislative and structural frameworks to
investigate child labour cases and prosecute the perpetrators; and
i) Accelerate the development of minimum standards and protocols for the
extractive industry to prevent and mitigate the impact of child labor on children.
33. The Committee notes with appreciation the legislative measures taken to protect
children from sexual exploitation, notably the enactment of the Sexual Offences Act
in 2012. The Committee further encourages the State Party to provide rehabilitation
and reintegration services to children who are victims of sexual abuse and
strengthen preventive initiatives and interventions of sexual exploitation of children in
mines.
Children in vulnerable situations
34. Committee has been informed that the phenomenon of children living on the street is
a common problem noted in most urban settings of the State Party. The Committee
notes with concern that thousands of children are living and working on the streets.
The Committee, therefore, urges the State Party to identify the causes of the
phenomenon of street children and take preventive measures, adopt and implement
a strategy to take children off the streets and place them in to alternative care
institutions.
35. The Committee notes with appreciation the progress made in preventing HIV/AIDS
infection among children through Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of
HIV/AIDS (PMTCT) services. However, the Committee has learnt that stigma and
discrimination against children who are living with HIV are rampant and are the key
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