rehabilitation and reintegration mechanisms for victims. In addition, the Committee recommends the State Party to cooperate with neighboring countries to stop the trafficking and smuggling of children. 50. Furthermore, the Committee calls upon the State Party to address factors such as poverty, social exclusion, absence of legal identity or lack of citizenship, child labour, and organized crimes which makes children vulnerable to commercial and noncommercial sexual exploitation. Harmful Traditional Practices 51. The Committee is highly concerned by the fact that the girl child can marry at the age of 15 years. Therefore, the Committee recommends the State Party to harmonize its law in line with article 21(2) of the African Children’s Charter setting the minimum age of marriage for both boys and girls at the age of 18 years old. 52. Moreover, the Committee recommends the State Party to sensitize families, community and religious leaders on the damaging effect of harmful traditional practices on the physical, psychological and mental development of children. Children from Minority Groups 53. The Committee welcomes the Plan of Indigenous People in which the Government assumes responsibility for indigenous people. In implementing the Plan, the Committee recommends the State Party to take concrete measures to ensure that children of minority groups such as pygmy children have access to basic social services I. Responsibilities of the Child 54. The Committee calls upon the State Party to create awareness among children regarding their responsibility towards their family, the society and the State and to ensure that children are given responsibilities taking into account their age, maturity and ability. Moreover, the Committee recommends the State Party to ensure that the provision of the Charter on the responsibilities of the child is interpreted and applied in compatibility with the contents of other provisions of the Charter and by any means does not derogates the rights enshrined therein Conclusion 55. The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child appreciates with satisfaction the efforts by the Government of the Republic of Gabon to promote and respect the rights of children and aspires to the implementation of these recommendations. The Committee would like to indicate that it will undertake a follow up Mission to ascertain the implementation of these recommendations in the foreseeable future. The Committee would also like to invite the State Party to submit its combined first, second and third periodic reports by September 2019 and to