Regarding minors‟ section in detention centres, only those in Niamey, Zinder and Agadez
have one.
According to information gathered at the justice department of Niamey, 101 minors were
prosecuted in 2003, of whom 92% were boys and 8% girls.
The types of offences identified are: theft (45%), rape and indecent assault (10%),
homicide (5%) and infanticide (4%).
It is also important to note the appearance of new types of offences like rape committed by
organized groups.
b2. Limitations
These are due to:
the inapplicability of certain provisions of instruments;
the infrequency of denunciations emanating from the population ;
hesitation of magistrates to prosecute;
inadequate sensitization;
shortage of infrastructure and material and logistical means;
the vast majority of detention centres are obsolete and run down while others
are tottering on the brink of ruin;
deplorable hygienic conditions;
insufficient human resources;
inadequate training of actors (judges, court registrars, social workers, the
police and gendarmerie);
insufficient reintegration activities and education institutions.
b3. Achievements
adoption of Ordinance No. 99-11 of 14 May 1999 related to the creation,
composition and organization of juvenile courts;
creation of a minors‟ section in the prisons of Niamey, Agadez, Maradi and
Zinder;
retraining activities in prisons;
the PARED de CADEV Niger Project and SEJUP ensures the educative
supervision of minors in prison and their liberation.
the National Commission on human rights and freedoms which ensure the
respect of legal conditions of detention;
actual performance of community work;
the judicial reforms support programme provides for the creation of a minors‟
section in future detention centres to be created.
d) Reformation, reintegration in the family and social rehabilitation
(art. 17.3)
c1. Legislative, administrative and judicial measures
Section 19 of the ordinance provides for a number of measures related hereto:
1. handing back the child to his parents or entrusting him to a guardian or trustworthy
third party;
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