CRC/C/15/Add.201 page 16 (c) Implement outstanding recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, inter alia, those related to the cross-border trafficking problem; (d) Sensitize professionals and the general public to the problems of sexually abused children through education, including media campaigns; (e) Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Street children 63. The Committee is concerned that there is a growing number of children living on the street in urban areas vulnerable to, inter alia, sexual abuse, violence, including from the police, exploitation, lack of access to education, substance abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS and malnutrition. Furthermore, the Committee notes that the primary response to the situation of these children, as described by the State party in its report, is institutionalization. 64. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Strengthen its efforts to identify the numbers of street children with the aim of preventing and reducing this phenomenon in the best interest of these children and with their participation; (b) Make additional efforts to provide protection to children living on the street and to ensure their access to education and health services; (c) Strengthen efforts to assist children in leaving the street, placing greater emphasis on alternatives to institutionalization; (d) Continue to support NGOs to assist these children; (e) Strengthen the support and assistance to families in this respect. Juvenile justice 65. The Committee notes the information provided in the State party’s report (para. 293) related to discussions by the Re-codification Commission on the non-existence of a juvenile justice system leading to treatment which may not be in conformity with the provisions and principles of the Convention and welcomes the information provided by the delegation that a bill for juvenile justice reform will be submitted to parliament rather soon. At the same time the Committee is concerned at the rise of delinquency and crimes committed by children: 66. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Establish a juvenile justice system, including juvenile courts, to ensure the full implementation of juvenile justice standards, in particular articles 37, 40 and 39 of the

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