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Child Notice Guinea Child Notice Guinea 2015 UNICEF The Netherlands UNICEF Belgium UNICEF Sweden Co-funded by the European Union Child Notice Guinea 2015 Author Diallo Mamadou Alpha With support from: Guirlene Frederic (UNICEF Guinea), Maud Dominicy (UNICEF Belgium), Jan-Jacob Muyls (UNICEF Belgium), Majorie Kaandorp (UNICEF The Netherlands), Lise Pénisson (European Asylum Support Organisation (EASO)) Translation: Malinda Coleman – Simon Jolibois Design: Schone Vormen Print: Impress 2015 For further information, please contact: Majorie Kaandorp Children’s Rights Advocacy Officer UNICEF The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0)88 444 96 50 Email: [email protected] The Child Notice has been produced by UNICEF The Netherlands, UNICEF Belgium and UNICEF Sweden as part of the project Better information for durable solutions and protection which is financially supported by the Return Fund of the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the European Commission can not be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Co-funded by the European Union 2 UNICEF Child Notice Guinea The project “Better information for durable solutions and protection”, generates child-specific country of origin information analysis (Child Notices) on countries of origin of children on the move to Europe. The Child Notices describe the situation of children in the countries of origin providing legal and practical information on education, health care, child protection, armed conflict, juvenile justice, trafficking etc. The Child Notices have been developed based on this Methodology Guidance on Child Notice. The countries of origin have been chosen based on migration flows of children (with and without families), return figures, EU and national priorities. The project benefits from an advisory board of international experts in the field of migration, Country of Origin information and children on the move: Rebecca O’Donnell Child Circle, Expert on child protection, asylum, migration, EU policies and legislation Lise Pénisson EASO, COI Officer Centre for Information, Documentation & Analysis (CIDA) Vidar Ekehaug UNHCR Associate Research and Information Officer, Protection Information Unit, Division of International Protection Andrea Vonkeman UNHCR, Senior Policy Officer Katja Fournier Coordinator Platform Children on the move Belgium, Separated Children in Europe programme Ravi Kohli University of Bedfordshire UK, Professor in Child Welfare Ron Pouwels UNICEF Regional Advisor Child Protection Asia (2013-2014) Chief Child Protection UNICEF China (2014-2015) Karin Kloosterboer UNICEF The Netherlands, Expert Child Rights The advisory board is not responsible for the content of the reports. UNICEF Child Notice Guinea 3 TABLE OF CONTENT LIST OF ACRONYMS 6 DISCLAIMER 8 INTRODUCTION 9 READER’S GUIDE 11 SUMMARY 17 1 General context 21 1.1 Map of natural and administrative regions of Guinea 21 1.2 Political and economic context 21 1.3 Family structure and roles of the various members 23 2 Demographic and statistical data on children 25 2.1 Total population 25 2.2 Total number of children 26 2.3 Linguistic, ethnic, religious minorities 26 3 Basic legal information 28 3.1 Conventions on children’s and human rights 28 3.2 National legislation 29 3.3 Budget 30 3.4 Government child rights coordination 31 3.5 Independent national human rights institutions 33 3.6 Non-governmental and civil society organisations 34 3.7 Justice for children 34 3.8 Birth registration 36 3.9 Legal age of majority 39 3.10 Age of legal competence 39 3.11 Identity and travel documents 40 3.12 Voting age 41 3.13 Age of deprivation of liberty 41 4 General principles 43 4.1 Non-discrimination 43 4.2 Best interest of the child 48 4.3 Rights to life and development 49 5 Civil rights and freedoms 55 5.1 Freedom of expression, of thought, of conscience, of religion and of association. 55 5.2 Access to adequate information,to legal advice and to a complaints procedure 56 5.3 Protection against interference in the private life of children 57 5.4 Protection against mistreatment, violence and abuse 57 4 UNICEF Child Notice Guinea 6 Basic rights 59 6.1 Health 59 6.2 Accessibility and quality of health care for children 60 6.3 Aid, rehabilitation and reintegration of children with disabilities 61 6.4 Education 62 7 Family environment and alternative care 66 7.1 Protection against physical and mental violence, and against abuse (in families, in alternative care provision and in institutions) 66 7.2 Adoption and foster care 67 7.3 Kidnapping and sale of children 68 7.4 Legal definition of parental responsibilities 68 7.5 Specific groups of children requiring protection 68 7.6 Child protection services and social services 69 7.7 Availability, accessibility and quality of family houses, shelters and other forms of alternative protection 70 7.8 Corporal punishment as a disciplinary measure in alternative care institutions 72 8 Special protection measures 73 8.1 Children in conflict with the law 73 8.2 Orphans, non-accompanied children and separated children 75 8.3 Child victims of trafficking 76 8.4 Children in armed conflicts 84 8.5 FGM/C (Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting) 87 8.6 Forced and underage marriage 95 8.7 Domestic violence 97 8.8 Child labour and other forms of exploitation 98 8.9 Street children 100 9 The epidemic of the Ebola virus fever 101 9.1 The epidemic of the Ebola virus fever 101 10 Returning separated or unaccompanied children and families 106 10.1 Reception of returned children 106 10.2 Special re-insertion programmes for children and their families upon their return 107 10.3 Follow-up mechanisms for returned children and their access to basic social services 108 STATISTICS 109 BIBLIOGRAPHY 110 LIST OF CONTACT ORGANISATIONS/PERSONS 119 GLOSSARY 121 PHOTO CREDITS 122 UNICEF Child Notice Guinea 5 LIST OF ACRONYMS ACF-E Action Against Hunger - Spain ACRWC African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child AGP Agence Guinéenne de Presse (Guinean Press Agency) AGUIAS Association Guinéenne des Assistants Sociaux (Guinean Association of Social Workers) BNI Budget National des Investissements (National Investment Budget) CANEPE Coordination des acteurs non étatiques engagés dans le secteur de la protection de l’enfance (Coordination of Non-state Actors engaged in the Child Protection Sector) CCEJT/G Conseil Consultatif des Enfants et Jeunes de Guinée (Guinean Advisory Council for Children and Young People) CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women CG/SPDE Comité Guinéen de Suivi de la Protection des Droits de l’Enfant (Guinean Committee for the Follow-up on the Protection of the Rights of the Child) CGSDE Comité Guinéen de Suivi des Droits de l’Enfant (Guinean Committee for the Follow-up on the Rights of the Child) CISV Children’s International Summer Villages CNDD Conseil national pour la Démocratie et le Développement (National Council for Democracy and Development) CNLTP Comité National de Lutte contre la Traite des Personnes (National Committee against Human Trafficking) CLNTPE Comité National de Lutte contre la Traite des Personnes et des Enfants (National Committee against Human and Child Trafficking) CNT Conseil National de Transition (National Transition Council) COLTE/CDE Coalition des ONG de Protection et de Promotion des Droits de l’Enfant, Luttant Contre la Traite (Coalition of NGOs for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of the Child and the Fight against Trafficking) CPTAFE Cellule contre les Pratiques Traditionnelles Affectant les Femmes et les Enfants (Unit against Traditional Practices affecting Women and Children) CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child CSO Civil Society Organisation DHS Enquête Démographique et de Santé (Demographic and Health Survey) DIJ Direction des Investigations Judiciaires (Directorate for Judicial Investigations) DNE Direction Nationale de l’Enfance (National Directorate for Children) DNEPPE Direction Nationale de l’Education Préscolaire et de Protection de l’Enfance (National Directorate for Preschool Education and the Protection of the Child) DNPF Direction Nationale de la Promotion Féminine (National Directorate for the Promotion of Women) DNPFG Direction Nationale de la Promotion Féminine et du Genre (National Directorate for the Promotion of Women and Gender) DSRP Document de Stratégie de Réduction de la Pauvreté (Strategy Document for the Reduction of Poverty) ECOWAS Economic Community of the States of West Africa EDS-MICS-2012 Enquête Démographique de Santé et à Indicateurs Multiples de 2012 (2012 Demographic and Health Multiple Indicators Survey) ENATEG Enquête Nationale Sur la Traite des Enfants en Guinée (National Survey on Child Trafficking in Guinea) ENTE Enquête Nationale Sur le Travail des Enfants en Guinée (National Survey on Child Labour in Guinea) FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 6 UNICEF Child Notice Guinea FGM/C Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting GE Gouvernement des écoles (Government of Schools) HCHR High Commissioner for Human Rights HKI Helen Keller International ICRC Comité International de la Croix Rouge (International Committee of the Red Cross) ILO International Labour Organization IOM International Organization for Migration INGO Organisation Non Gouvernementale Internationale (International Non-governmental Organisation) INS Institut National de la Statistique (National Institute for Statistics) INSE Institut National de la Santé de l’Enfant (National Institute for Child Health) IRC International Rescue
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