sometimes trafficked to Guinea-Bissau for sexual exploitation and forced domestic labor. 247. There are cases of parents who send their children to Madrassas schools in other parts of the country, without being sure about the safety and well-being of these children. On some occasions, the recruitment of these children in the name of the Koranic masters, is erroneous, as it turned out that, there were cases where it was an attempted trafficking of children. 248. High poverty rates and orphanage, which affect over 50% of children, lead to child labor with serious consequences for the lives of children. Many children are responsible for their livelihood and for their siblings and are susceptible to involvement in any form of work to ensure family feeding. 249. The Government of Guinea-Bissau, must strengthen its capacity to gradually reduce child labor, especially in the informal and domestic sectors. The capacity building of the Labor Inspectors of the Ministry of Public Employment and Labor, to inspect formal and informal work on child labor cases, should be a national priority. 250. Guinea-Bissau, is the Lusophone country with the highest rate of child labor: almost 40% of Guinean children are working. Similarly, the UNICEF study, reveals that information, which places East -Timor and Angola at the head of this indicator. XII. Administration of Juvenile Justice and Protection from All Forms of Abuse and Torture 251. The Constitution of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, stipulates in its Article 37 that the moral and physical integrity of citizens, is inviolable; No one shall be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. So much so that in no case will there be forced labor or liberty deprivation measures of unlimited or indefinite duration. 252. The structuring document on children in conflict with the law, is the Statute of Legal Protection for Foreign Children, regulated by Decree-Law No. 417/71 published in the Official Gazette, Series I, No.15, 1972, Along with other preindependence legislation, this Legal instrument, is clearly outdated and inconsistent with the current situation in Guinea-Bissau, as well as with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, subsequently ratified. 253. In 2017, consultants were recruited, one for the preparation of a new Code for the Protection of Children and others for the crafting of the National Policy for the Protection of Children, whose work is well advanced. 254. With regard to the jurisdiction of the courts, law No.03/2002 (organic law of the judicial courts, revised by Law No.06/2011), provides in Article 57 that, it is the responsibility of the family and children to exercise material jurisdiction over family 43