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adult residents, 17,000 children aged 8 to 10 years, 2,000 schoolchildren aged 11 to 17
years, 75 officials from 35 schools and 35 hotel executives, workers and managers.
272. Raids and surveillance are carried out by the judicial police in all establishments and
venues likely to foster violence against children: nightclubs, dance halls or other similar
establishments, hotels, bars, clubs, recreation centres, cyber-cafés and movie theatres.
Surveillance is also carried out in areas surrounding schools.
3. Legal obligation to report
273. Article 62 of the Malagasy Penal Code punishes the act of not reporting crimes, and
this requirement applies to any person when the crimes involve a child under 15 years of
age.
274. The law on the rights and protection of children addresses the issue of mandatory
reporting. Everyone is required to report abuse, including parents, family members,
neighbours, friends, local authorities, teachers, religious leaders, social workers and
medical and judicial personnel.
275. Although violence against children is still a taboo subject, some cases of physical
violence have been reported to the police. These reports often come from members of the
child protection network and have resulted in the initiation of judicial proceedings.
Table 14
Cases of violence against children processed by DVSOPJ from January to December
2006, by type of violence and by sex
No. of cases
% of total
cases
No. of cases
girls % girls
No. cases
boys % boys
Intentional bodily
injury 112 65.88 53 47.32 59 52.68
Abuse 32 18.82 16 50.00 16 50.00
Kidnapping 9 5.29 5 55.56 4 44.44
Abandonment
Deprivation of care
4 2.35 1 25.00 3 75.00
and food 4 2.35 1 25.00 3 75.00
Trafficking 3 1.76 1 33.33 2 66.67
Threats 2 1.18 2 100.00 0.00
Public humiliation 1 0.59 0.00 1 100.00
Abduction
Incitement to
1 0.59 0.00 1 100.00
debauchery 1 0.59 1 100.00 0.00
Attempted murder 1 0.59 1 100.00 0.00
Total 170 100 81 47.65 89 52.35
Source: DPMPM 2007
4. Telephone help line and other modalities for identification and intervention
276. In 2007, a telephone help line dedicated to listening to and counselling adult and
child trafficking victims was installed in Nosy Be Toamasina and Toliary by Catholic
Relief Services (CRS), the Dinika sy Rindra ho an’ny Vehivavy network, the Bel Avenir
centre and the Diocesan Development Committee (DDC) of Toliary as part of a
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