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CRC Article 36 - States Parties shall protect the child against all other forms of exploitation prejudicial to any aspects of the child's welfare.
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CRC-43(a) With reference to General Comment No. 13 (2011) on the right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence and the Sustainable Development Goal 16.2 to end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children, the Committee recommends that the State party:(a) Ensure that corporal punishment is unambiguously prohibited under the Domestic Violence Act; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
crc-43(b) the Committee recommends that the State party:43(b) Ensure the enforcement and implementation of the 2012 Domestic Violence Act, including by establishing the required shelters, adequately funding protection services centers and safe houses, providing adequate capacity-building for law enforcement officials on violence against girls within the family, and increasing reporting through awareness-raising efforts; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-43(c) the Committee recommends that the State party:43(c) Establish a national database on all cases of domestic violence against children, and undertake a comprehensive assessment of the extent, causes and nature of such violence; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-43(d) the Committee recommends that the State party:43 (d) institutionalize, as also recommended by the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence against Children during her visit in May 2013, a high-level platform where all leading departments and institutions responsible for child protection concerns meet periodically and formulate a comprehensive strategy, stipulating concrete budgeted interventions, for preventing and combating violence against children and child abuse, including with focus on gang-related violence; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-43(e) the Committee recommends that the State party:43 (e) Create a unified, co-ordinated and comprehensive child protection system; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-43(f) Take all necessary measures to prevent violence against children as well as their exposure to violence during political protests; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-46(a) In the light of its general comment No. 18 on harmful practices (2014), adopted jointly with the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the Committee urges the State party to take active measures to put an end to harmful practices against children in the State party. In particular, the Committee urges the State party to 46(a) Ensure that the minimum age of marriage set at 18 in the article 4(a) of the Family Act Child is upheld; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-46(c) Strengthen awareness-raising campaigns and programmes on the harmful effects of early marriage on the physical and mental health and well-being of girls, targeting households, local authorities, religious leaders, judges and prosecutors. Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-49 The Committee recommends that the State party create standard operating procedures to manage the child helpline, provide adequate training for the staff responding to the calls and actively encourage the use of the Helpline to report suspected cases of abuse. Convention on the Rights of the Child 
CRC-46(b) Enact legislation explicitly prohibiting female genital mutilation as a harmful practice and take measures to combat it, including through raising awareness of its harmful effects and holding accountable religious leaders who promote it; Convention on the Rights of the Child 
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