2. placing the child in a reception centre;
3. or in an education or vocational training establishment or institution, at the behest of
the State or an authorized public administration;
4. in a child welfare service or hospital institution;
5. and lastly, placing the child temporarily in an approved observation home when his
physical or mental state so dictates.
c2. Limitations
These are linked to the difficulty of applying section 19 of the ordinance:
shortcomings of structures provided by the law;
parents‟ unwillingness to collaborate ;
the actors‟ ignorance of the instruments
Insufficient sensitization.
c3. Achievements
There are a number of NGOs and associations like SEJUP which ensure the child‟s
reintegration in the family and his social rehabilitation.
Between 2006 and 2007, about 5,418 minors were monitored by SEJUP. 280 children
were returned to their families and over 400 youths were apprenticed on the basis of
projects elaborated in a participatory manner after their liberation (soldering, tailoring,
mechanics and carpentry).
e) Children of imprisoned mothers
A. Special treatment to expectant or breast-feeding mothers, and mothers with infants,
found guilty under the law (article 30 and 30(d))
a1. Legislative, administrative and judicial measures
Decree No. 63-103/PRN/MJ of 15 June 1963 in its article 3 stipulates that: “accused and
convicted persons of the feminine gender shall be placed in a section separate from
men”.
During the last two months of their pregnancy, pregnant women are placed in a separate
unit but which communicates with the dormitories of the other inmates.
After delivery, they will continue to stay there for one month. Even after weaning their
babies, these mothers can keep their children with them until they turn 15.
a2. Limitations
Article 3 above conflicts with the provisions of article 30 of the Charter which forbids all the
practices mentioned in article 3 of the decree of 1963.
The provisions of the applicable legislation have not been harmonized.
a3. Achievements :
ratification of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child;
ratification of the convention on the rights of the child;
the national commission on human rights and freedoms;
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