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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to facilitate family
reunification as well as to appoint legal representatives for unaccompanied
children and to apply, when relevant, child-friendly interview techniques.
35.
The Committee encourages the State party to take all appropriate
measures to prevent and combat sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of
children and to ensure their physical and psychological recovery and social
reintegration in the light of article 39 of the Convention.
36.
The Committee further recommends that the juvenile justice system be
revised to ensure its compatibility with the principles and provisions of the
Convention, including those of its articles 37, 39 and 40, as well as of other
United Nations standards in this field, such as the Beijing Rules, the Riyadh
Guidelines and the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles
Deprived of their Liberty. In addition, it is recommended that the State
party consider requesting technical assistance in this field from the High
Commissioner/Centre for Human Rights and the Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice Division of the Secretariat.
37.
Finally, in the light of article 44, paragraph 6, of the Convention, the
Committee recommends that the initial report and written replies presented by
Panama be made widely available to the public at large and that the
publication of the report be considered, along with the relevant summary
records and the concluding observations adopted thereon by the Committee.
Such a document should be widely distributed in order to generate debate and
awareness of the Convention, its implementation and monitoring within the
Government, the Parliament and the general public, including concerned
non-governmental organizations.
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