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28.
In Turkey, IOM carried out a project named “Supporting Turkey’s Efforts to
Combat Human Trafficking and Promote Access to Justice for All Trafficked Persons”. In
Ukraine, between 2000 and 2011, IOM Ukraine provided assistance to victims of
trafficking to reintegrate into society. Support included legal consultation and
representation in criminal and civil court.
29.
In the Baltic States, targeted at law enforcement officials, prosecutors, lawyers, and
civil society representatives, the IOM project named “The Counter-Trafficking Capacity
Building and Awareness Raising Activities for Officials in the Baltic States” aims to
combat and prevent trafficking specifically in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The project,
carried out in training and seminars, focuses on strengthening capacity building and
development for law enforcement and Government officials. The results are increased
efficiency of the prosecution process and enhanced partnerships and cooperation between
regions.
F.
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
30.
UNICEF is working with Government partners in over 100 countries to improve
justice for children, with a particular focus on legislative reform, capacity-building,
advocacy, coordination and partnership, for children in conflict with the law and for child
victims and witnesses. Efforts to develop and raise awareness of national law and
procedures are a priority for many offices, and advocacy and technical assistance regarding
law reform take international human rights standards into account. With UNICEF support,
an estimated 33 countries undertook comprehensive mapping and assessment exercises in
2010–2011.
31.
UNICEF has provided support to countries from different regions which have or are
currently undertaking legislative reform to ensure alignment with the Convention on the
Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women (e.g. Brazil, Colombia, Rwanda). Seventy countries have legal or policy
frameworks in place for preventing and responding to child abuse in line with international
human rights standards and 77 countries have laws and secondary legislation on free and
universal birth registration. An important number of countries have developed laws on
juvenile procedures (e.g. Bangladesh, Cambodia, Jordan). UNICEF offices in around 130
countries report that Governments are taking, or partially taking, measures to implement the
Guidelines on Justice in Matters Involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime (e.g.
Costa Rica, Croatia, Madagascar).
32.
Prevention of violence is part of the UNICEF child protection systems approach, one
objective of which is to reduce the estimated number of one million children who are in
detention. These efforts include advocating for increasing and upholding minimum-age
criminal responsibility legislation, and proactive measures that prevent children from
entering in conflict with the law. Tunisia and Belarus country offices, for example, carried
out research into the causes of delinquency.
33.
The UNICEF child protection strategy is directed towards the reduction of the
number of children in detention. In this regard, 2011 outputs include the development of the
online Toolkit on Diversion and Alternatives to Detention. In Lebanon, 207 children in
conflict with the law benefited from the implementation of the community sentencing as an
alternative measures to detention. In Jordan, similar progress was made regarding the
protection of children in conflict with the law by providing them access to restorative
justice approaches through a pilot community-based diversion project being set up in two
communities. A special juvenile police was established to tackle children in conflict with
the law cases. In Thailand, a strengthened juvenile justice system to promote prevention,
diversion, restorative justice and reintegration for children in contact with the law was
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