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including returnee and displaced children and landmine victims, while paying particular
attention to female-headed households. In particular, the Committee recommends that the
State party:
(a)
Ratify the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967
Protocol and enact refugee legislation that adheres to international standards, in particular
in the area of rights and obligations of asylum-seekers;
(b)
Strengthen efforts to trace and reunite family members of refugee and
displaced children, including those expelled from Ethiopia during the border war;
(c)
Develop administrative structures and procedures for processing asylumseekers, including children;
(d)
Seek international support and technical assistance, where possible, from
United Nations agencies, in particular UNHCR, and NGOs to expedite the process of
demining and the social reintegration and, when necessary, rehabilitation of all victims of
recent armed conflicts.
Economic exploitation
55.
The Committee welcomes the State party’s ratification of ILO Convention No. 138
in 2000. Nevertheless, it remains concerned at the significant number of children working on the
street, in the agricultural sector and as domestic servants.
56.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Undertake a survey of the number of children working as domestic servants
and in the agricultural sector in order to design and implement policies to prevent and
combat economic exploitation of children in these sectors;
(b)
Continue to strengthen the implementation of the Street Children
Rehabilitation Programme;
(c)
Ratify the ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182).
Sexual exploitation
57.
Although the State party recognizes that prostitution, including child prostitution, is not a
serious problem, the Committee notes with concern the lack of specific data on the commercial
sexual exploitation of children.
58.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Expedite the adoption and implementation of the Eritrean Child Law and
the National Plan of Action to Rehabilitate Commercial Sex Workers;