reported in schools perpetrated by teachers. The Committee recommends that the
State Party takes serious actions against teachers who sexually abuse children. The
State Party is also encouraged to take serious measures against perpetrators of
commercial sexual exploitation including those who recruit children and those who
sexually abuse children. With regards to the tourism sector, the Committee
recommends that the State Party intensifies its legislative and administrative control
in the tourism sector to prevent commercial sexual exploitation of children.
Furthermore, the Committee encourages the State Party to ensure the rehabilitation
and reintegration of victims of sexual abuses. To this end, the State Party is
encouraged to allocate budget to such programmes, establish rehabilitation centers,
and train social workers and psychologists who can support the victims.
Child marriage
50. The Committee urges the State Party to revise its Family Code and eliminate all
marriages below the age of 18. The Committee encourages the State Party to
launch the African Union Campaign to End Child Marriage and develop national
strategies and plans to eradicate the phenomenon. The State Party should involve
parents, community leaders, and children themselves in the process of eliminating
child marriage through sensitizations and campaigns to end child marriage.
Children living and working on the street
51. The Committee notes with concern that many children have become orphans and
family heads due to HIV/AIDS which in turn leads children to end up living and
working on the streets. Parents in an extreme poverty also send their children to beg
and work on the street for their livelihoods. The Committee notes with appreciation
the efforts undertaken towards reunification with families and placement of children
in foster care. The Committee encourages the State Party to continue its effort and
provide rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for children rescued from the
streets. In addition, the Committee recommends that the State Party takes proactive
measures by providing support to orphaned children and child headed families to
prevent the situation of children on the streets.
I. Responsibility of the child
52. The Committee notes that the responsibilities of children are enshrined in the
Constitution of the State Party as a general rule applicable to all. The Committee
recommends that the State Party undertakes to uphold the principle of best interest
of the child when applying the constitutionally enshrined responsibilities of the child
and implements such provision bearing in mind that the responsibilities of the child
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