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facilities operate on a 24-hour basis and encompass living quarters, classrooms, medical
facilities, kitchens and bathrooms. Security is also provided on a constant basis. The objectives
of these programmes for minors at risk or victims of sexual commercial exploitation are
reintegration into mainstream society, if possible within the family or with other relatives.
Therefore, efforts are undertaken to provide a diagnostic of the family of each minor participant
in these programmes, to detect any cases of commercial sexual exploitation or abuse early in the
programmes, to evaluate any other situation of risk and provide orientation for a successful
reintegration of the minor in the family context.
56. Spain indicated that a network of shelters for minors who are the victims of sexual abuse
(including commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking) was available in various autonomous
communities, financed by public funds but generally operated by NGOs through service
agreements. These shelters provide psychological, social and legal assistance, and are
coordinated with various other public services such as health services, education, courts,
prosecutors and police. The activities carried out include the monitoring and evaluation of cases
and therapeutic activities for treatment and rehabilitation. Staff providing these services include
specially trained psychologists, doctors and social workers. The focus of the treatment and
rehabilitation is oriented to reintegration within the family if its members are foreign to the
trauma that the minor suffered; if not, a safe alternative is provided. After the end of the
assistance and rehabilitation programme in the shelter, different follow-ups are realized directly
with the minor concerned to evaluate the successful reintegration.
57. Turkey stated that residential services for child victims of sexual commercial exploitation
were provided in two child and youth centres set up in Istanbul, for a capacity of 50 persons. The
Directorate General of the Social Services and Child Protection Agency is responsible for the
operations of these centres, which offer residential care and rehabilitation for girls who are
victims of sexual commercial exploitation and sexual abuse. The activities undertaken are guided
by the judicial and administrative authorities, with a focus on the best interests of the child
concerned. All facilities are staffed by professionals such as social workers, psychologist,
doctors, educators and sociologists.
58. Children victims of sexual commercial exploitation and sexual abuse, for whom protection,
care or sheltering measures have been established, are placed in rehabilitation and care units
located in Istanbul, Adana, as well as interim stations situated in orphanages in the provinces of
Adana, Izmir, Mardin and Sanliurfa. Girl children, who have been identified by the judicial
authorities as victims of sexual commercial exploitation and who cannot return to their families,
are given medical and psychosocial assistance during a first phase. Then they are transferred to a
different facility where, with other children, they participate in educational, social and cultural
activities as part of their rehabilitation process. Family bonds and contacts with their families are
also facilitated, if the best interests of the child so requires. At the end of the rehabilitation
period, children are either reunited with their families or placed in available orphanages where
they continue their education and reintegration.
59. Japan stated that, although there are no public facilities specifically focused on children
who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking, minors were being given
assistance by the Child Guidance Centres, established under the Child Welfare Law, in each
different prefecture. Similarly, adult women who are victims of trafficking and sexual
exploitation were given assistance through the Women’s Consulting Offices. These two facilities
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