A/HRC/39/52 (d) Support the adoption of an ILO instrument on ending violence against and harassment of women and men in the world of work, including in paid care work; (e) Enact and enforce criminal legislation prohibiting slavery, servitude and forced labour; (f) Adopt and implement labour and social protection laws which extend to all domestic workers, including migrant domestic workers; (g) Guarantee equal access for migrant women to services such as health care, including sexual and reproductive health care, and social protection. Also ensure that they have access to information materials in relevant languages; (h) Guarantee the rights to assembly and to freedom of association for workers, including migrant domestic workers; (i) Allow for collective bargaining in the domestic sector by promoting social dialogue involving tripartite partners in countries of origin, transit and destination; (j) Avoid the isolation of domestic workers by ensuring their freedom of movement and access to communication; (k) End sponsorship systems and prohibit the retention of passports or other identity documents by employers, introduce an independent immigration status and grant a grace period to migrant domestic workers to find new employment when leaving an employer; (l) Establish accessible, safe and effective complaint mechanisms for victims of domestic servitude in order to increase the number of incidents reported; (m) Investigate all allegations of domestic servitude with due diligence by also ensuring that victims of servitude have effective access to a remedy without discrimination; (n) Reinforce efforts to identify perpetrators of domestic servitude and bring them to justice, including by developing and implementing measures for regular and proactive labour inspection, enforcement and penalties with due regard for the special characteristics of domestic work; (o) Make the inclusion of a gender perspective a strategic priority of labour inspectorates; (p) Adopt measures to facilitate the recovery and reintegration of victims of servitude, inter alia by providing support services including access to health care, counselling, vocational training and legal aid; (q) Promote informed decision-making and a shift in the attitudes of employers regarding the human rights of domestic workers, including of migrants, through awareness-raising and information campaigns in languages understandable to migrant workers; (r) Engage with Alliance 8.7, a global multi-stakeholder platform promoting implementation of target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals; (s) Ensure that national migration policies are in compliance with international obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of all persons within the jurisdiction of a State, irrespective of the migration status of individuals. On that basis, adopt gender-responsive migration policies, programmes and services, and safe, orderly and regular migration pathways, including for women and girls, as a means of preventing domestic servitude and other types of contemporary forms of slavery. Women should actively participate in decision-making regarding their safety and protection; (t) Ensure that migrant women have access to the regular labour market in the host country; 18

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