Article 77 of Child Rights Law

Child protection centres shall be established in every governorate of the State, affiliated with the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, and shall be responsible for the following: a- Receiving complaints about cases of a child's exposure to danger stipulated in Article (76), whether submitted by the child personally, the person responsible for the child's care, a relative or a professional whose work is connected with the child. b - Taking all necessary measures to treat children exposed to any type of harm. c - Taking all necessary measures to treat the child's relatives who cause harm to the child, so that they may be rehabilitated and become able to care for their child, and thus enable the child and the child's relatives to integrate into society. d- Conducting the necessary studies and research into cases of a child's exposure to any type of harm, and assessing the child's circumstances in the various economic, health, upbringing, cultural and educational aspects, with the aim of caring for the child and taking appropriate measures for that purpose. e - Establishing a special register in which all cases of a child's exposure to harm from any source shall be recorded. Everything entered in this register shall be confidential and may not be disclosed or accessed except with permission from the Public Prosecution, the General Department of Investigations or the competent court, as applicable. f - Developing plans and programmes that ensure the prevention of harm to children and their protection from it, and supervising their implementation in coordination with all entities concerned with child protection. g - Providing a hotline to receive all complaints relating to cases of a child's exposure to danger. Each of these centres must include psychological and social specialists, doctors and legal specialists. An administrative body must also be formed whose membership includes, in addition to these specialists, representatives of the Ministries of Health, Interior, Education, and Social Affairs and Labour, and representatives of public-benefit associations concerned with children's issues, so that the child's condition is assessed and periodically monitored.