DEFENCE FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL (DCI) - Belgium | Practical Guide 5.5. Material conditions A. SEPARATION Are the different groups of children being kept in separate institutions or part of institutions taking into account their sex, age, criminal record, legal reason of their deprivation of liberty and the necessity of their treatment? ASK: Director | Staff | Children OBSERVE: ʺʺ Accommodation, see cells, rooms, dormitories, units, etc. ʺʺ Crossing points, see hallways, lifts, stairs, transports, etc. ʺʺ Common areas/Community spaces, see lunch room, library, classrooms, courtyards, sports hall, visiting room, etc. CHECK: ʺʺ Separation, see whether there is a clear separation between children and adults, boys and girls, older and younger children, untried and convicted children, children with mental health issues; see whether the separation is not resulting in circumstances that can generate isolation; see whether it is of the best interest of the child to be separated ʺʺ Supervision, see whether children are under appropriate supervision when they are mixed with other groups of children or with adults or when they perform joint activities Specific group: Foreign nationals children CHECK: ʺʺ Family, see whether children in the company of their parents or other close relatives are separated from them CRC, 37(c ) | RAJJ 13.4, 26.3 | BOP 8 | RPJDL, III, 17, 28, 29, 53 | RTWP 41.d | SMR 11, 93, 109, 112 | EPR 12.1, 18.8-9, 21, 35.4, 47, 104.1 | ERJO, 54, 57, 59.1 - 60 | CPT/Inf (1998)12, B., 29 | CPT/Inf (2000)13, 24 | CPT/Inf (2009)27, IV, 100 | CPT/Inf (2015)1, V, 101-104 | ECtHR, Coselav v. Turkey (1413/07); Mahmundi and others v. Greece (No 14902/10); Güveç v. Turkey (No 70337/01) 118