- Investigate the cases of detention of pregnant girls and immediately
release detained pregnant girls who are being interrogated to reveal
who impregnated them and stop such kinds of illegal arrests of
pregnant girls;
- Provide sexuality education for adolescent children and provide
child friendly sexual reproductive and health services;
- Undertake extensive sensitization of teachers, health care
providers, police and other actors with regards to the protection that
should be accorded to pregnant and married girls;
- Undertake proactive measures towards the elimination of child
marriage and other harmful practices that affect girls including by
taking measures to address the underlying factors such as genderbased discrimination, poverty, and negative customary and societal
norms;
- Create a conducive reporting and referral mechanism for survivors
of
sexual violence
including
child
marriage,
and provide
psychosocial support, rehabilitation and reintegration services for
the survivors;
- Investigate and prosecute perpetrators of sexual violence and child
marriage;
- Take action against any actors who conduct forced pregnancy
testing of any kind, or who discriminate against girls on the grounds
of their pregnancy or marital statuses such as expulsion and
detention; and
- Provide special support to pregnant and married girls to continue
their education in a school of their choice and based on their
consent.
56. The Court further notes that the ACERWC in its communication only found
violations of the African Children’s Charter and not of the Charter and of the
other international legal instruments to which the Respondent State is a
party. However, the Court also notes that the principles contained in the
African Children’s Charter, on which the ACERWC gave its views, overlap
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