A/HRC/4/23 page 16 women”. This violence deprives women (and girls) of their equal enjoyment, exercise and knowledge of their human rights and fundamental freedoms, and keeps them in subordinate roles.18 F. Protection of victims of forced marriage in the context of trafficking in persons, especially women and children 46. Part II of the Palermo Protocol provides States with an obligation to provide assistance and protection to trafficked persons. Persons subject to forced marriage, when such marriage has taken place in a trafficking context, are entitled to this assistance in addition to any provided to them as victims of forced marriage. They should not be treated as criminals. 47. In accordance with the Palermo Protocol, such assistance should include protection of the privacy and identity of the victims, including, inter alia, by making legal proceedings relating to such trafficking confidential (art. 6 (1)). Trafficked persons must moreover be provided with information on relevant court and administrative proceedings (art. 6 (2) (a)) and assistance to enable their views and concerns to be presented and considered at appropriate stages of criminal proceedings against offenders, in a manner not prejudicial to the rights of the defence (art. 6 (2) (b)). States parties shall also consider implementing measures to provide for the physical, psychological and social recovery of victims, including in appropriate cases, in cooperation with non-governmental organizations, other relevant organizations and other elements of civil society, and, in particular, the provision of, inter alia, appropriate housing, education and care (art. 6 (3)). States parties shall ensure that their legislation provides victims the possibility of obtaining compensation for damage suffered (art. 6 (6)). Any measures to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, especially women and children, must safeguard the rights of victims under international law, in particular under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, including their right to protection against refoulement (art. 14 (1)). 48. The Special Rapporteur was informed that protection and assistance provided to women subjected to forced marriages was either provided to them directly as victims of forced marriage (in Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom) or, for example, also as victims of trafficking in persons when a forced marriage, having been carried out in a trafficking context, was found to have taken place (in Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Germany, Indonesia, Italy and Serbia). G. The demand for forced marriage in the context of trafficking in persons, especially women and children 49. In order to eradicate forced marriages in the context of trafficking in persons, especially women and girls, it is essential to target the demand for exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to 18 General recommendation No. 19, para. 11.