CHILD SPECIFIC INDICATORS OF VISIT
D. SANITATION FACILITIES AND HYGIENE
Do children deprived of their liberty have access to adequate decent
sanitation facilities respectful of privacy and hygiene?
ASK: Director | Staff | Children
OBSERVE:
ʺʺ Sanitary installations, see general configuration (individual or collective, number of toilets,
number of showers), equipment (toilets, curtains to showers), state of maintenance (wellmaintained or decrepit), cleanliness, decency, surveillance (presence of security staff, CCTV
ʺʺ Hygienic items, see soap, shampoo, toothpaste and brushes, number and state of towels, etc.
CHECK:
ʺʺ Accessibility, see when the sanitary facilities are accessible and how often (frequency of
showers); if the toilets are outside the cell, see whether the child can have access to them
upon request; see whether there is access to running water and where
ʺʺ Privacy and intimacy, see whether children feel that their privacy and intimacy is respected;
see in which cases the protection and security prevail over privacy and intimacy
Special group: Children with disabilities
CHECK:
ʺʺ Specific arrangements and equipment
Special group: Girls
CHECK:
ʺʺ Specific sanitary and washing dispositions and provision of hygienic items, such as sanitary
towels and tampons free of charge, safe disposal arrangements for blood-stained articles,
a regular supply of water for the personal care of children and girls, in particular girls who
are pregnant, breastfeeding or menstruating
CRC, 37(c ) | RAJJ 8.1 | RPJDL, 31, 34 | RTWP 5 | SMR 15-18, 19.2 | EPR 18.1, 19 | ERJO 63.1, 65.1 – 65.4 |
CPT/Inf(1998)12, II, 34 | CPT/Inf(2000)13,31 | CPT/Inf(2002)15, 47 | CPT/Inf(2015)1,V,105
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