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continue to be subjected to the worst forms of child labour, especially in agriculture, as
vendors in the streets and as domestic servants.
72.
The Committee reiterates its recommendation that the State party continue to
take effective measures to put an end to the economic exploitation of children, in
particular in the informal sector and to take urgent measures to remove children from
hazardous work in the agriculture sector, from street work and domestic work. The
Committee urges the State party to speed up the adoption process of the new Labour
Code and ensure that the code fully covers children working in the informal sector
and define the types of hazardous work prohibited under the age of 18 as already
recommended by the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions
and Recommendations (2010 Direct Request concerning Convention No.182). The
Committee also recommends that the State party consider ratifying the ILO
Convention No. 189 concerning decent work for domestic workers. The Committee
further recommends that the State party seek technical assistance from the
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour of the International
Labour Office (ILO-IPEC) in this regard.
Children in street situations
73.
The Committee is concerned that insufficient measures have been taken by the State
party to implement its previous recommendations concerning children in street situations
and that the State party considers the phenomenon as marginal, although no data has been
collected since 2008 and that thousands of children are reported to live on the streets. The
Committee also expresses particular concern about the insufficient measures taken to
provide assistance and housing to repudiated, divorced and single mothers living on the
streets with their children.
74.
The Committee urges the State party to take urgent and vigorous measures to
address the situation of women living with their children on the streets as
recommended by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women
(A/HRC/17/26/Add.3, para. 82 (b) and (c)) and in particular to ensure that they
receive preferential access to subsidized State housing. The Committee also reiterates
its previous recommendations to the State party (CRC/C/15/Add.269, par. 77) in
particular the recommendation that the State party develop and implement a
comprehensive strategy, with the active participation of street children themselves,
non-governmental organizations and other relevant professionals, to address the root
causes of the phenomenon of street children, with the aim of reducing and preventing
it.
Sexual exploitation and abuse
75.
The Committee expresses deep concern that sexual abuse against children in school,
including religious schools, incest and pedophilia are on the rise in the State party. In this
context, the Committee is concerned that article 336 of the Arabic version of the Penal
Code defines rape as an attack on so-called “honour” and that rapists therefore may avoid
punishment by marrying the girl they raped and “expunging the dishonour”. The
Committee is also concerned about the weak enforcement of existing legislation, child
victims of sexual exploitation and abuse being discouraged or afraid of reporting rape,
ostracized and stigmatized and law enforcement officials often failing to take accusations
seriously and to investigate and prosecute the cases.
76.
The Committee urges the State party to take more proactive action to fight
sexual abuse and exploitation. In particular, the Committee urges the State party:
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