CRC/C/15/Add.170 page 21 77. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Undertake a study on the causes and scope of sexual exploitation and trafficking of children, including by gathering reliable data on their incidence; (b) With reference to the recommendations formulated in the Agenda for Action and the Global Commitment adopted at the World Congresses against Commercial Exploitation of Children, held in 1996 and 2001, develop a national plan of action to address the sexual exploitation and trafficking of children covering, inter alia, all aspects of assistance to child victims, and ensure that the plan is implemented in all regions of the country, including through the prosecution of persons responsible for such acts; (c) Ensure that in the context of any cross-border efforts to address trafficking, the best interests of the children concerned are a primary consideration; (d) Strengthen its efforts to identify and report on practices of child sexual exploitation and strengthen cooperation with NGOs working in this field; (e) Strengthen its actions to assist child victims of such abuse, including through the provision of counselling and health and social services. Juvenile justice 78. Noting that the State party has a system of special juvenile justice courts and that a committee was established to look into issues of concern in the criminal justice system and a new bill relating to the care of juvenile delinquents and children at risk, the Committee remains concerned: (a) That children are protected by the juvenile justice system only up to age 17; (b) At the prosecution of children for begging; (c) At the lack of respect for juvenile justice standards with regard to arrest and detention proceedings, including the occasional detention of children with adults; (d) At the proportionally high number of children from distinct ethnic, religious, linguistic and cultural groups involved in juvenile justice proceedings, especially involving arrest and imprisonment; (e) That the right of children to legal representation or other appropriate assistance is not always systematically guaranteed; (f) At the large number of juveniles detained pending trial, on non-felony offences, in spite of the fact that domestic legislation prohibits such detention unless the alleged crime is one that would carry a sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment or more;