RECOMMENDATION
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;
| Recommendation No: | CRC-46(b) |
|---|---|
| Recommendation Year: | 2016 |
| Recommendation Text: | 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/Treaty Body: | Convention on the Rights of the Child |
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Related Human Rights Articles
CRC Article 36 - States Parties shall protect the child against all other forms of exploitation prejudicial to any aspects of the child's welfare.
Stakeholders
Attorney General's Office (AGO)
Relevant Articles of the Constitution
35A - Children and young people are entitled to special protection and special assistance from the family, the community and the State. Children and young people shall not be harmed, sexually abused, or discriminated against in any manner and shall be free from unsuited social and economic exploitation. No person shall obtain undue benefit from their labour.
Relevant Legislation Articles
10 - Punishment given in schools must be appropriate to the age of the child and should not be physically or psychologically harmful to the child.
16 - Particular attention shall be given to prevent acts detrimental to integrity of children and acts of sexual abuse,exploitation and oppression against children. Knowledge of the commission of such an act or suspicion thereof shall promptly be reported to concerned government authority.
18 - No child shall, even as a measure of discipline be subjected to punishment which may cause physical injury or
which may be detrimental to the health of the child.
25 - No persons shall commit an act that is detrimental to the integrity of children, nor shall any person commit an act of
sexual abuse, exploitation or oppression against the child. Knowledge of the commission of such an act or suspicion thereof shall promptly be reported to the concerned Government authority.
14 - 14. Acts that can be considered sex offences within this law shall not be deemed as an offence when carried out with a child with whom a person has entered into marital relations with as per Islamic principles.
6 - Treatment and care of mentally or physically disabled children shall be facilitated to the extent possible at the time. Efforts shall be made to enable such children to participate in the activities of the community by providing the special care and assistance required by them
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Relevant Regulations & Policies
No Relevant Regulations & Policies
Relevant Articles of other Human Rights Conventions
ICCPR Article 8 - The freedom from slavery and servitude.
ICESCR Article 10 - The right to family protections, i.e., marriage only by consent, leave for new mothers and protection of children from exploitation.
CEDAW Article 6 - Article 6
States Parties shall take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to suppress all forms of traffic in women and exploitation of prostitution of women.
CRC Article 34 - States Parties undertake to protect the child from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse. For these purposes, States Parties shall in particular take all appropriate national, bilateral and multilateral measures to prevent:
(a) The inducement or coercion of a child to engage in any unlawful sexual activity;
(b) The exploitative use of children in prostitution or other unlawful sexual practices;
(c) The exploitative use of children in pornographic performances and materials.
CRC Article 35 - States Parties shall take all appropriate national, bilateral and multilateral measures to prevent the abduction of, the sale of or traffic in children for any purpose or in any form.
CRC Article 36 - States Parties shall protect the child against all other forms of exploitation prejudicial to any aspects of the child's welfare.
CRPD Article 16 - Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse
Related Recommendations of other Treaty Bodies
ICCPR-22 - ICCPR
ICCPR-25(b) - ICCPR
Related SDGs
No Related SDGs
Categories
Harmful practices