(l)
provide for mechanisms to determine when a child is in need of
care and protection and interventions to ensure the care and
safety of such a child;
(m)
provide for the establishment of places of safety for the residence
and maintenance of victims of child marriage and their offspring;
(n)
provide for the training of key government officials and other
relevant stakeholders on how to eradicate child marriage and
protect children already in marriages and victims of child
marriage;
(o)
provide for the monitoring and evaluation of laws on eradicating
child marriage and their implementation;
(p)
provide for public awareness to be undertaken on the human
rights of children and the consequences of child marriage;
(q)
provide for the establishment of an anti-child - marriage fund or
other financial support considered necessary by a Member State
to enable effective implementation of the law on eradicating child
marriage and protecting children already in marriage; and
(r)
provide for effective enforcement provisions to ensure compliance
of the law on eradicating child marriage and protecting children
already in marriage.
2.
Interpretation
(Member States should amplify this section by including other terms and words
used in the national legislation or excluding others which are already defined
in a general interpretation law. The words and terms in this section have been
drafted in a manner that will enable a Member State to cut and paste them,
with necessary adjustments, to suit particular national legislative styles and
requirements)
In this Model Law, unless the context otherwise requires –
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