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84.67 Continue its efforts in promoting and protecting the rights of persons with
disabilities with particular attention to the specific needs of women and children
with disabilities, especially by increasing awareness of their rights to prevent
social discrimination and providing equal access to adequate social and health
services (Thailand);
84.68 Strengthen assistance measures to women, children and persons with
disabilities (Angola);
84.69 Continue the trend to strengthen the protection of children with
disabilities, promoting their inclusive education (Spain);
84.70 Continue to work on awareness-raising of the rights and needs of children
with disabilities and ensure that children with disabilities have equal access t o
social and appropriate health-care services (Argentina);
84.71 Strengthen national policies for the promotion and protection of migrants
(Angola);
84.72 Adopt public policies for migrants in conformity with its international
obligations (Costa Rica);
84.73 Harmonize legislation on asylum seekers and refugees in line with the
international framework in force (Mexico);
84.74 Review its legislation to create legal ways to seek asylum in Andorra
(Sweden).
85. The recommendations below did not enjoy the support of Andorra, but were
noted:
85.1 Amend the Criminal Code with the view to specifically prohibiting
trafficking in human beings as a criminal offence (Ireland);
85.2 Prohibit and appropriately sanction corporal punishment (Chile).
86. Andorra noted the recommendation contained in paragraph 85.1 concerning
the need to amend the Criminal Code in order to specifically prohibit trafficking
in human beings as a criminal offence. It stated that article 134 bis, entitled
“Trafficking of human beings”, of the Andorran Criminal Code currently in
force, explicitly prohibits trafficking in human beings and sanctions anyone who
“recruits, transports, transfers, hosts one or more persons for the purpose of
slavery or other types of servitude” with a prison sentence from 2 to 6 years.
Article 134 bis, point 2, further extends the offence by specifying that whenever
such actions are perpetrated upon children, there is no need for any listed
misconducts, such as abuse, intimidation, threat, use of force, promise of
economical rewards or other benefits, in order to consider it human trafficking.
Putting at risk the life of persons who are victims of such conducts or acting on
persons with special vulnerabilities such as mental or physical incapacities are all
aggravating causes. Articles 121 bis and 157 bis of the Andorran Criminal Code
also criminalize trafficking in human beings for the purpose of the removal of
organs and sexual exploitation.
87. Andorra noted the recommendation contained in paragraph 85.2 regarding
the prohibition of corporal punishment of children, based on the legal framework
already in force in Andorra. It stated that article 476 of the Criminal Code
Qualifying Law 9/2005, as amended by article 40 of Law 40/2014 of 11 December
2014, clearly prohibits all forms of corporal punishment of children, including
teenagers, in all settings in Andorra.
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