CAT/C/SLE/CO/1 campaigns, particularly among families and traditional leaders, on the harmful effects of this practice. Harmful traditional practices 16. The Committee is concerned that section 2, paragraph 2, of the Registration of Customary Marriage and Divorce Act, 2007 still allows child marriage, subject to parental consent, and notes the persistence of this and other harmful traditional practices, such as the verbal and physical violence, including lynching, inflicted on elderly women in relation to allegations of witchcraft. The Committee is also highly concerned about reports of the commission of ritual crimes and about the lack of effective investigations and successful prosecutions, the alleged interference of traditional leaders and the reliance on out-of-court settlements. Furthermore, the Committee regrets the lack of sufficient information on the steps taken to ensure that customary law conforms to the State party’s obligations under the Convention (arts. 2 and 16). The State party should: (a) Repeal the provisions in the legislation that permit child marriage and establish the minimum marriageable age at 18 years; (b) Strengthen its efforts to prevent and combat harmful traditional practices, particularly in rural areas, and ensure that such acts are investigated and the alleged perpetrators prosecuted and, if convicted, punished with appropriate sanctions; (c) Create the conditions for victims to report without fear of reprisals and provide them with reparations; (d) Increase awareness-raising measures to alert the public to the harmful effects of certain customs that are detrimental to women and other persons, as undertaken by the State delegation during the dialogue; (e) Provide judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officials and traditional authorities with training on the strict application of the relevant legislation criminalizing harmful traditional practices and other forms of violence. In general, the State party should ensure that its customary law and practices are compatible with its human rights obligations, particularly those under the Convention. Abortion 17. While acknowledging the steps taken by the State party to review the current restrictive legislation, the Committee is concerned that sections 58 and 59 of the Offences against the Person Act still criminalize abortion in all circumstances. These restrictions result in a large number of women seeking clandestine and unsafe abortions, which may account for over 10 per cent of maternal deaths (arts. 2 and 16). The Committee recommends that the State party accelerate the review process of the Offences against the Person Act with a view to considering providing for further exceptions to the general prohibition of abortion, in particular for cases of therapeutic abortion and pregnancy resulting from rape or incest. The State party should, in accordance with the guidelines issued by the World Health Organization, guarantee immediate and unconditional treatment for women seeking emergency medical care as a consequence of unsafe abortion. The State party should also provide sexual and reproductive health services to women and adolescents, in order to prevent unwanted pregnancies. 6