development. It further spells out 4 explicit measures States ought to take to protect children from child exploitation, which includes slavery and slavery like practices as discussed above. The measures are to; A) provide through legislation, minimum age for admission to every employment; B) provide for appropriate regulation employment; C) provide for appropriate penalties of hours and conditions of or other sanctions to ensure the effective enforcement of this article (article 15); and D) promote the dissemination of information on the hazards child labour to all sectors of the community. of 83.It is of course noted that the Government of Mauritania has prohibited slavery by enacting the 2007 Slavery Act and later on an Anti-Slavery Act in 2015. While the Committee appreciates this as one step ahead towards the prohibition of slavery, more effort is required to practically eliminate slavery and Charter. slavery like practices as outlined under article 15 of the 84.In this regard, the Committee finds that the adoption of legislative measures is not a sufficient effort and that the Respondent State has failed to take other necessary measures to implement all components of article 15 of the Charter to free Said and Yarg, to ensure that their slave masters are appropriately penalized, and to ensure that Said and Yarg get a proper compensation. Therefore, the Committee decides that the Respondent State is in violation of its obligations under Article 15 (1) and 15(2)(c) of the Charter by failing to protect Said and Yarg from slavery or slavery like practices and by failing to ensure effective enforcement of prohibition of slavery or slavery like practices. Alleged torture violation 85.Abuse of article 16 on protection against child abuse and and torture are among the practices strictly prohibited in the child protection systems. The African Children’s Charter, under Article 16, stipulates that State Parties shall take measures to protect children from all forms of torture, inhumane and degrading treatment and especially physical and mental injury or abuse, neglect and maltreatment, including sexual abuse. In this regard, State parties should take specific legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from abuse and torture. The measures taken by States must include preventive measures as well as intervention and prosecution in instances where child abuse and protective torture are measures taking should place. The include provision effective further provides procedures for that the establishment of special monitoring units to provide necessary support for the child and for those who have care of the child as well as other forms of prevention. The Charter also provides for identification, reporting, referral, investigation, neglect. treatment and follow-up of instances of child abuse and 58 QHCHR Abolishing Slavery and its Contemporary Forms HR/PUB/02/4 (2002) p 8. 25