Adolescence
There are still children, especially adolescents, living and/or working on the streets as well as children victims of trafficking, although Romania is increasingly becoming a transit country rather than a source country. The juvenile justice system still struggles with ensuring the rights of children in conflict with the law including the lack of special facilities for pre-trial detention. Children with disabilities, children with HIV/AIDS and Roma children are still victims of stigma and discrimination. The rights of children with mental disabilities living in public institutions are still not fully met. In parallel, children from poor and rural areas are more likely than other children to be abandoned, institutionalised, and to drop out of school and later be found on the streets.
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