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To guarantee equity in taking in charge cases, one often resorts to a blotting paper to
carry samples from remote areas to the ones sheltering a PCR. In 2010, 1,500 cases
out of 3,666 of exposed children had their PCR to confirm their serological status and
225 identified HIV positive persons were under ARV treatment before the age of 12
months, what allows reducing their mortality risk.
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At national level, the number of children aged less than 15 years under ARV had
risen, from 350 in 2006 to 770 in 2008, 1084 in 2009 and 1300 in 2010 out of an
estimated total of 4,786 HIV positive children including 1,635 who needed ARV in
2010, meaning a 79% coverage.
X.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHILD:
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The responsibility of the child is established in some provisions of Benin legal
framework. Indeed, article 31 of the ACRWC which sets the principle is a summary of
the reminder of duties established by articles 27, 28 and 29 of the African Charter on
Human and Peoples' Rights which provisions are part and parcel of Benin
Constitution.
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In addition to that, civic duties are also prescribed in the same constitution of Benin in
articles 32 and seq: thus, article 36 provides that "each Benin citizen has the duty to
respect and consider his fellow man without any discrimination and maintain
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with others relationships allowing to safeguard, strengthen and promote respect,
dialogue and reciprocal tolerance to achieve peace and national cohesion». This
foreshadows the progress framework designed for the child, both vis-à-vis parents
and other national community members.
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Respecting the requirement, the people's and family code (art.405) establishes also
very specially the responsibility of the child to respect and honour its father and
mother.
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The child code adopted by the National Assembly but not yet promulgated contains in
addition provisions specifying one the one hand the duties of the child (art.44) and on
the other hand the following requirements for the child namely : (a) the duty of
obedience, of respect of parents, elders, elderly people, of the reputation and honour
of others; (b) respect also of national values, of the living environment, of laws and
regulations, of public order, (c) the obligation to work also for its full development, to
cohesion of its family, of its community, of the State in complying with human rights
and child rights; (d) the duty to preserve national independence, the unity of its
country, to promote peace, tolerance, democratic civic values and those of the African
culture, thus contributing to African Unity.
XI Specific reporting provisions
The Republic of Benin has to submit its 1st and 2nd periodic consolidated reports on
April 20, 2005. The human rights committee has reviewed the second periodic report
of Benin (CRC/C/BEN/2) at its 1181th and 1183th sessions held on September 20,
2006 which final observations were adopted by the committee at its 1199th session
on September 29, 2006.