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and trafficking, the Special Rapporteur recommends the creation of a State fund, which
could be made readily available when such assistance and rehabilitation measures become
required.
75. If States should opt for the shelter model as part of their assistance and rehabilitation
facilities, the Special Rapporteur recommends that such shelters should, at a minimum,
provide the following services and facilities:
(a)
A place of residence with decent living conditions and of small dimensions;
(b)
Appropriate food and clothes;
(c)
Full medical aid, including hospital treatments and surgeries, if needed;
(d)
Competent and specialized staff;
(e)
Psychological counselling;
(f) Education facilities, to allow children to follow the appropriate school
curriculum;
(g)
(h)
needed;
(i)
Legal aid and court representation, if the victim so requires;
Translation and interpretation services in a language the victim understands, if
Personalized care for the best interests of each child;
(j) Participation in appropriate recreational activities and diverse programmes of
rehabilitation and reintegration. These could include other education programmes,
professional skills-gaining and support in finding employment, when relevant;
(k) Security needs to be ensured for the participants inside but also outside of the
shelter, as the minor victims are still vulnerable to their exploiters and traffickers who
often belong to criminalized groups;
(l)
Participation of civil society should also be encouraged and facilitated.
76. Regarding the issue of funding these assistance and rehabilitation programmes, the
Special Rapporteur believes that, although the magnitude of the problem may not appear
to be huge in most countries, this phenomenon requires constant monitoring with
assistance readily available to the victims, therefore he recommends all States:
(a) To incorporate in their national legislation and budget provisions for funding of
State and NGO programmes and activities aimed at the assistance and rehabilitation of
children who are victims of sexual commercial exploitation and/or trafficking;
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