What Future?

I. Summary

II. Recommendations

Recommendations for the pre-election period

Recommendations for the post-election period

III. Methods

IV. Background

V. Abuses Against Street Children

Police and Military Abuse

Physical abuse

Extortion

Sexual abuse of girls

Police misuse of street children

Arbitrary arrests and roundups

Special Protection Unit of the police

Child Labor

Physical Abuse by Adults and Older Street Children

Sexual Abuse of Street Girls

Sexual Abuse of Street Boys

Street Children Used for Political Purposes

VI. Factors Pushing Children into the Streets

Violence in the Home

Children Accused of Sorcery

Abuses in the home related to sorcery accusations

Abuses in churches

After the accusations

HIV/AIDS

Education

VII. International Standards

Overview..

Rights of Children to Protection from Abuse, including children in custody, or otherwise deprived of their liberty

Protection from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

Arbitrary Arrest and Detention

Education

Acknowledgments

Appendix