A/HRC/33/46 remote areas and informal workplaces. Data collected from such surveys should be used as the basis for the development of effective legislation, policy and programmes. • Within the design of such surveys, provisions should be included to provide immediate assistance to identified bonded labourers. The steps taken must ensure the safety of labourers and protect them from any threats or reprisals from employers. • Put in place comprehensive programmes that allow identified bonded labourers to be able to access the support that they need to fulfil their right to rehabilitation. • Ensure that bonded labourers are fully consulted about the development of assistance and rehabilitation programmes. • As part of such efforts, issue identity cards to former bonded labourers to ensure that they can access social security assistance and Government services. • When children are identified as bonded labourers, ensure that they are able to reaccess education and that specific provisions are in place to support their reintegration. • Ensure that those who have been subjected to debt bondage are able to access decent work opportunities to support their rehabilitation. • Access to justice and redress. • Take all necessary effective measures to ensure appropriate and effective remedies for victims of debt bondage, as established under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29). • Train members of the judiciary on legal provisions relating to debt bondage and the rights of victims, in order to ensure the effective enforcement of legislation. • Take all possible steps to establish effective rule of law, in particular by building the capacity of the judiciary to ensure that relevant laws are properly and consistently enforced. • Develop victim protection mechanisms to protect former bonded labourers in the context of judicial proceedings. • Undertake multifaceted sensitization programmes targeted at bonded labourers and at risk populations to ensure that they are aware of their rights and of avenues of remedy for violations. • Ensure that penal and administrative sanctions are applied to all those involved in perpetrating debt bondage and that all victims are able to access redress for harm suffered, including adequate compensation. GE.16-11363 21

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