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52.
In light of article 37 of the Convention, the Committee recommends that the State
party ensure that conditions of detention conform to international standards and in this
regard consider the recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of
Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment concerning the detention of
juveniles. Moreover, the Committee recommends that the State party ensure that there are
effective independent mechanisms available to receive and address concerns raised by
detainees. The Committee recommends that the State party seek assistance from, among
others, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Centre
for International Crime Prevention, the International Network on Juvenile Justice, and
UNICEF, through the Coordination Panel on Technical Advice and Assistance on Juvenile
Justice.
8. Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
53.
The Committee encourages the State party to ratify and implement the Optional
Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography, and on the involvement of children in armed conflict.
9. Dissemination of the report and the recommendations of the Committee
54.
Finally, the Committee recommends that in accordance with article 44,
paragraph 6, of the Convention, the initial report presented by the State party be made
widely available to the public at large and that consideration be given to the publication of
the report along with the written answers to the list of issues raised by the Committee, the
relevant summary records of the discussion and the concluding observations adopted by
the Committee following its consideration of the report. Such a document should be widely
distributed in order to generate debate and awareness of the Convention and its
implementation and monitoring within the Government, the Parliament and the general
public, including concerned non-governmental organizations.
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