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 rather than a source country. The juvenile justice system is struggling to ensure the rights of children in conflict with the law, including a lack of special facilities for pre-trial detention. Children with disabilities, 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, institutionalized, and to drop out of school, later to be found on the streets.
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