Endeavour to improve and increase inclusive schools along with teachers
provided the necessary training to ensure children with disabilities are able to
enjoy their life;
Ensure facilities are made accessible to children with disabilities;
Provide necessary services to increase their standard of living and health and
ensure other government facilities are made accessible to them;
Support children with disabilities from poor households.
Child Labour
19. The Committee notes the adoption of measures by the State Party to address
child labour with the enactment of the Labour Proclamation No. 118/2001 and
regulations issued by the Ministry of Labour and Human Welfare on jobs a child
cannot be engaged in. The Committee notes with concern over the number of
children involved in child labour, which in 2000 was estimated by the ILO to be
183,000 children. The Committee is also concerned over the lack of
comprehensive measures to protect children from economic exploitation and the
worst forms of child labour. The Committee therefore recommends that the State
Party;
Undertakes to address the root causes of child labour with the implementation of
financial assistance to children from poor households and increase school
attendance;
Strengthen the legal framework to eradicate child labour;
Harmonize laws on the age of employment to bring it in line with the Charter’s
definition of a child;
Supply the Committee with up to date data on the number of children engaged in
child labour and children the State Party has removed from exploitative labour.
Administration of Juvenile Justice
20. The report indicates that Articles 52-56 of the Transitional Penal Code deals with
infants and juvenile delinquency and sets the age of criminal responsibility at 12
years. It is also indicated that the Transitional Criminal Procedure has put in
place special measures for a child criminal justice system. The Committee is
however informed that despite indication in the report that the State Party does
not support children being subjected to the death sentence, no reference is made
to any provision prohibiting the sentencing of children to death. The Committee
therefore recommends that the State Party;
Remove reference to infants in Articles 52-56 of the Transitional Penal Code
since the age of criminal responsibility is 12 years;
Enact a law clearly prohibiting the use of death sentence as a form of
punishment especially for children;
Ensure that corrective or rehabilitative centres are staffed with appropriate and
well trained personnel and children are provided with adequate health and
educational services;
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