A/68/44 (c) Ensure that the programme to combat gender violence and to promote human rights, and the related national action plan, include access to shelter, medical and psychological assistance, and reintegration programmes. The State party should provide further information on this programme and on the implementation of the second national action plan to hasten the end of the practice of excision (2010–2015). Violence against children (15) The Committee remains concerned about the lack of information and statistics on the measures taken by the State party to combat practices such as the sale, prostitution and trafficking of minors. While noting the adoption of the strategic plan for the education and protection of children in Koranic schools (daaras), the Committee remains deeply concerned about the living conditions of young students (talibés), who suffer from illtreatment and economic exploitation and are often made to beg on behalf of their masters. The Committee also remains concerned about the reported persistence of corporal punishment in Senegal (arts. 11 and 16). The State party should: (a) Monitor very closely the situation of talibés in order to protect them from ill-treatment and exploitation by punishing those responsible and setting up mechanisms to monitor and help such children, as well as a complaints mechanism to allow them to inform the authorities of cases of abuse; (b) Set up a support system to give talibés access to physical and mental health services. It should provide the Committee with information on other specific measures, including the number of cases identified, the investigations and prosecutions conducted, the sentences handed down to the perpetrators and the return of talibés to their families; (c) Amend the Family Code, particularly article 285, to explicitly ban corporal punishment anywhere at all, including in the home, and punish offenders in accordance with the law, while offering legal protection and psychological help to child victims. Trafficking in persons (16) Despite the legislative and administrative efforts made, the Committee is concerned that the State party remains a country of origin, transit and destination for trafficking in persons, particularly for forced labour and sexual exploitation (arts. 2, 12, 13, 14 and 16). The State party should take effective measures to eliminate trafficking in persons and afford greater protection to victims. It should also devote more resources to prosecuting and punishing the perpetrators and providing legal, medical and psychological assistance to the victims. Conditions of detention (17) The Committee is concerned about reports of overcrowding in some prisons, including those in Dakar, Kaolack and Tambacounda (art. 11). The State party should redouble its efforts to reduce prison overcrowding, by, among other things, giving preference to alternatives to imprisonment where feasible in light of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (Tokyo Rules). Administration of justice (18) The Committee notes the efforts made by the State party to facilitate community justice by establishing legal advice centres. However, it is concerned by the lack of 72 GE.13-46043