CRC/C/SAU/CO/2 page 16 74. The Committee urges the State party to ensure the full implementation of juvenile justice standards in particular articles 37, 40 and 39 of the Convention, and other relevant international standards in this area, such as the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules), the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines), the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of Their Liberty and the Vienna Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice System, and take into account the recommendations adopted by the Committee on its day of general discussion on juvenile justice (CRC/C/46, paras. 203-238). 75. The Committee refers to its recommendations made in paragraphs 33 on right to life and capital punishment and on 43 on protection from torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and it urges the State party to: (a) Critically review its legislation with a view to abolishing the imposition of capital and corporal punishment on persons having committed crimes when under 18 years of age at the sole discretion of the judge; (b) Implement alternative measures to deprivation of liberty, such as probation, community service or suspended sentences; (c) Amend the Detention and Imprisonment Regulations (1977) and the Juvenile Justice and Social Surveillance Centre Regulations to prohibit flogging or any other form of corporal punishment for persons under 18 deprived of their liberty; (d) Continue to strengthen the quality and availability of specialized juvenile courts and judges, lawyers, police officers and prosecutors, inter alia, through training professionals; (e) Strengthen its efforts to ensure that persons under 18 years of age in conflict with the law have access to legal aid and independent and effective complaints mechanisms; (f) Train professionals in the area of recovery and social reintegration of children in conflict with the law and in particular those who have been deprived of their liberty; (g) Raise awareness of its provisions and the rights guaranteed in the new Code of Criminal Procedure among the public; and (h) Seek technical assistance and other cooperation, inter alia, from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

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