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(f)
To raise public awareness about the risks of child trafficking and train
professionals working with and for children, as well as the general public, to counter
trafficking in children;
(g)
To allocate adequate human and financial resources to this field, in
accordance with the Declaration and Agenda for Action, and the Global Commitment
adopted at the 1996 and 2001 World Congresses against Commercial Sexual Exploitation
of Children; and
(h)
To seek cooperation with, among others, the International Organization for
Migration and non-governmental organizations.
Administration of juvenile justice
80.
The Committee welcomes the partnership between UNICEF and Institut national de la
magistrature with the objective of integrating practice and understanding of child rights and
international standards for juvenile justice in the Algerian legal system. The Committee
appreciates the State party’s efforts to improve the administration of juvenile justice, for example
by establishing special procedures for persons under 18 years of age, including the special
juvenile divisions of the courts. However, the Committee notes with deep concern that a child as
young as 13 years old can be sentenced to prison from 10 to 20 years. Furthermore, the lack of
specialized juvenile judges and systematic training of professionals, the limited capacity and the
poor condition of the detention facilities for juveniles, the limited access to the complaint
mechanisms while in detention and to recovery and social reintegration services upon release
give rise to concern.
81.
The Committee recommends that the State party continue and strengthen its efforts
to ensure the full implementation of juvenile justice standards, in particular articles 37, 40
and 39 of the Convention and other relevant international standards in this area, such as
the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice
(the Beijing Rules), the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile
Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines) and the United Nations Rules for the Protection of
Juveniles Deprived of Their Liberty, taking into account the recommendations adopted
by the Committee on its day of general discussion on juvenile justice (CRC/C/46,
paras. 203-238).
82.
The Committee particularly recommends that the State party:
(a)
Develop and implement a comprehensive system of alternative measures
such as community service orders and interventions of restorative justice in order to ensure
that deprivation of liberty is used only as a measure of last resort;
(b)
Take the necessary measures, for example suspended sentencing and early
release, to ensure that deprivation of liberty is limited to the shortest time possible;
(c)
Change the existing provisions regarding imprisonment of children between
the ages of 13 and 18 years and reduce the current maximum periods of imprisonment in
order to ensure that deprivation of liberty is for the shortest time possible;