A/69/44 that are detrimental to women. It should continue its efforts to provide care for elderly women who are accused of witchcraft and ensure that all possible measures are taken to help such women reintegrate into society. The State party should also prosecute the perpetrators of violence against women and compensate the victims. Violence against children (22) While noting the efforts of the State party to protect children’s rights and, in particular, to protect children against trafficking and similar practices, the Committee remains concerned by the lack of information about measures taken to combat the exploitation of talibé and garibou street children in begging and the economic exploitation of children in gold mines and in private homes. The Committee also remains concerned by reports that children continue to be subjected to corporal punishment in the home (arts. 2, 12 and 16). The State party should: (a) Prosecute any persons who force children to beg and apply the penalties on them that are set out in the Criminal Code, establishing a monitoring, complaints and assistance mechanism for such children and organizing campaigns to raise awareness among parents and those who run Koranic schools of the harmful effects of begging on children; (b) Put an end to the economic exploitation of children in gold mines and in private homes by taking all necessary measures to combat and eliminate these practices; (c) Conduct campaigns to raise awareness of the harmful effects of corporal punishment on children; and (d) the home. Revise its legislation to include a prohibition on corporal punishment in Juvenile justice (23) The Committee is concerned by reports that the juvenile justice system does not function properly and regrets the lack of information on whether or not a system of noncustodial penalties for minors is in effect (arts. 2, 10 and 16). The State party should: (a) Step up its efforts to ensure the proper functioning of the juvenile justice system through the allocation of adequate human and financial resources and the training of qualified staff; (b) Ensure that minors are detained only as a last resort and for the shortest possible period and use non-custodial measures for minors who are in conflict with the law; and (c) Ensure, furthermore, that minors who are deprived of their liberty are afforded full legal safeguards and, if convicted, are held separately from adults in all prisons throughout the country, in the light of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules) and the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines). Death penalty (24) While it notes that the State party has not applied the death penalty since 1988 and that an official moratorium has been in effect since 2007, the Committee regrets that the abolition of the death penalty has not yet been formally embodied in the law and that, 32 GE.14-12596

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