children with disabilities. The manner and form of inclusive education must be
dictated by the individual educational needs of the child. The State Party should
not apply inclusive education by simply integrating children with disabilities into
the regular system regardless of their challenges and needs. Rather, it should
cater for the children’s’ specific needs by re-evaluating its education curriculum to
address challenges faced by children with disability, incorporating special needs
education training for teachers and other personnel involved in the education
system , and providing and improving basic infrastructures suitable to children
with disability.
H. Special Protection Measures
Child Labour
28. The Committee acknowledges the commitment made by the State Party to
address the challenges related to child labour and calls upon the Government of
Mozambique to further strengthen its capacity to inspect industries that are
engaged in hazardous activities and employ children between the ages of 15-18.
The Government should regulate and supervise both the formal and the informal
sector, and implement with due diligence Article 15 of the Charter and the ILO
Convention on Worst Forms of Child Labour.
Protection against Child Abuse and Torture
29. The Committee appreciates the prohibition of corporal punishment as a sentence
and recommends the State Party to explicitly ban corporal punishment in all
settings including in school, the home and in alternative care centres. The State
Party should ensure the respect of children’s right to be protected from violence.
The Committee also calls upon the State Party to encourage positive discipline
and to support families through awareness raising and training for those who are
working for and with children such as teachers and care givers.
Children in Conflict with the Law
30. The Committee appreciates the establishment of children’s court in Maputo and
the 2012 pilot project on community service to avoid imprisonment of children in
conflict with the law. However, there is a need to strengthen and expand these
efforts throughout the country to ensure the wellbeing of children in conflict with
the law. Therefore, the Committee recommends the State Party to make its
juvenile justice system a child friendly system by consulting the Guidelines on
Action for Children in the Justice System in Africa, to expand the children courts
in other provinces and to continue implementing alternative discipline
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