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(k)
Strengthen the victim referral mechanism by ensuring coordination
among law enforcement personnel, social workers and service providers; support
social workers in ensuring the best interests of the child; and adopt a systemic
approach with comprehensive rehabilitation and reintegration of child victims as the
ultimate goal through the provision of multidisciplinary services.
75.
Concerning investigation, prosecution and sanctioning, the Government
should:
(a)
Strengthen efforts to detect, investigate, prosecute and sanction the
crimes of the sale and sexual exploitation of children, and ensure that investigation
procedures are child-sensitive in order to prevent revictimization and further
traumatization;
(b)
Ensure the systematic training of law enforcement agents on childfriendly criminal proceedings, increase their capacity to monitor encrypted
paedophile networks and regulate their access to retained IP addresses for the
purposes of obtaining evidence;
(c)
Continue efforts to curb the sale of babies and illegal adoption by taking
comprehensive measures to address the root causes, including poverty and
segregation in communities where the practice occurs;
(d)
media;
Ensure the best interests of the child through ethical reporting by the
(e)
Ensure that a child is not confronted with the defendant during the
proceedings, will not be exposed to further contact with the perpetrator and, where
possible, obviate the need for child victims to be physically present during the
proceedings by ensuring appropriate communications technology in the courtroom;
(f)
Ensure the availability and appropriate use of “blue rooms” nationwide
for child-friendly interrogation, and encourage coordination between child protection
departments, investigators, judges and prosecutors to ensure child-friendly
proceedings (in accordance with general comment No. 24 (2019) on children’s rights
in the child justice system of the Committee on the Rights of the Child).
76.
Concerning the prevention and eradication of the sale and sexual exploitation
of children, the Government should:
(a)
Conduct comprehensive research and mapping of different forms of the
sale and sexual and labour exploitation of children, identifying the root causes and
risk factors and how they affect the vulnerable groups, and adopt targeted measures
to ensure that social benefits reach those in need, in particular members of the Roma
and Turkish communities;
(b)
Create a centralized, updated and disaggregated database on different
forms of sexual abuse and exploitation of children, including child marriage, with a
special focus of children in need of special protection; and improve data collection and
information-sharing systems on the number of cases reported, investigated and
prosecuted and judgments issued and the redress provided to victims, disaggregated
by the nature of the offence, the category of perpetrator and the characteristics of the
victims;
(c)
Strengthen the central role of the State Agency for Child Protection in
the coordination of child protection policy, the oversight of the policy and delivery of
services, and the quality control of case management, with sufficient funding and
resources allocated to addressing the root causes and risk factors;
(d)
Invest in the training of social workers with a focus on gender-based
violence and sexual abuse and exploitation, and make it an officially recognized
profession with decent pay; increase the minimum qualification requirements for
social workers working with children to include a minimum of a university degree or
relevant work experience, and introduce training schedules; and work with
universities offering social work programmes to increase the appeal of the profession;
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