and assisted to return to school and that alternative vocational training
programmes are offered to all victims of child marriage. Rehabilitation
refers to the restoration of function or the acquisition of new skills
required by the change of circumstances of victims of child marriage.
Rehabilitation for victims of child marriage should aim to restore, as
far as possible, their independence, physical, mental, cultural, spiritual
and vocational ability and the full inclusion and participation in society.
States Parties must provide specialised, appropriate and accessible
rehabilitative service to the victims of child marriage which may include
legal aid services, victim support and empowerment services, access to
healthcare and medical services, psychosocial and protection services,
re-integrative and social services and alternative vocational training.
[60] The primary responsibility for reparation, and particularly the
provision of services to victims, resides with State Parties. However, an
enabling environment which permits civil society, community based
and grass roots organisations to arrange for or provide reparation
services should be fostered. National laws and policies should make
provision for the immediate temporary protection of child victims, such
as at shelters. Similarly, national laws and policies should provide for
clear mechanisms to report child marriage and the suspicion of child
marriage. Reporting should trigger a response in the form of provision of
services, victim support and empowerment and other forms of redress.
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