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including border management authorities, the police, public prosecutors, labour
inspectorate and the judiciary;
(b)
Provide labour inspectors with a mandate and the tools necessary to
enable them to identify victims of contemporary forms of slavery proactively, and
eliminate challenges to effective labour inspections, such as measures that compel
labour inspectors to conduct immigration enforcement activity;
(c)
Consider systemic collection of data as a means by which victims of
contemporary forms of slavery are being identified in order to improve identification
efforts;
(d)
Ensure the adequacy of structures and institutions to address violations
and availability of effective, fair and protective mechanisms and complaints
procedures; allocate financial and human resources to ensure the effective functioning
of the judicial system;
(e)
Provide training to law enforcement authorities on legislation
prohibiting contemporary forms of slavery to ensure that they respond to the cases
brought to their attention efficiently and effectively; ensure that institutional training
is reinforced with performance targets;
(f)
Train police, prosecutors and judicial authorities in the handling of
victims of contemporary forms of slavery, especially on how to create a safe,
supportive, and child-sensitive and gender-sensitive environment for victims to ensure
they can access justice;
(g)
Take adequate corrective measures to ensure that officials who have
failed to implement the law properly or have obstructed its implementation are
disciplined;
(h)
Take all steps necessary to eliminate all forms of corruption in the justice
system that could impede the fulfilment of the right to access to justice and remedy;
(i)
Take the measures necessary to ensure the protection of victims as well
as family members and witnesses, including protection from intimidation and
retaliation for exercising their rights under legislation criminalizing contemporary
forms of slavery or for cooperating with legal authorities;
(j)
Provide protection measures to victims of contemporary forms of slavery
that are not conditional on the victim’s willingness to cooperate in criminal and other
proceedings;
(k)
Ensure that persons subjected to contemporary forms of slavery are
informed, in a language they understand, of their rights, relevant laws and
regulations, available complaint mechanisms and legal remedies; officials who have
direct contact with victims of contemporary forms of slavery should be trained to
provide this information to them;
(l)
Ensure that victims of contemporary forms of slavery have access to
competent legal advice and assistance and that the necessary resources are allocated
to provide high-quality legal aid;
(m) Ensure that all victims of contemporary forms of slavery, both nationals
and non-nationals, can pursue appropriate administrative, civil and criminal
remedies, irrespective of their legal status;
(n)
Take the measures necessary to ensure that non-nationals victims
contemporary forms of slavery are able to remain in a country to pursue legal
remedies;
(o)
Take measures to protect victims of contemporary forms of slavery,
including, in particular for migrant workers, the provision of a reflection and
recovery period in order to allow the victim to take an informed decision relating to
protective measures and participation in legal proceedings;
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