A/HRC/43/40/Add.1 (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; 18

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