A/HRC/44/45/Add.1 (a) Develop and implement training activities for law enforcement officials, including front-line police officers, prosecutors and judges, especially prosecutors and judges at local courts, to ensure the use of article 444 of the Criminal Code on trafficking in persons from the onset of investigations, when indicators of risk of trafficking are found; (b) Develop guidance materials for law enforcement personnel, prosecutors and judges to clarify specific aspects of the definition of trafficking in persons and its application in practice, such as questions concerning unlawful marriage, in the determination of a case; (c) Implement training and increase the capacity of law enforcement personnel, prosecutors and judges regarding financial investigation techniques to improve victims’ access to compensation, in addition to the entry into force of the law on compensation for victims of trafficking, and ensure that prosecutors and judges at all levels are aware of the other avenues to seek compensation for victims; (d) Guarantee child-sensitive due process in cases affecting children, including in all migration-related administrative and judicial proceedings affecting the rights of children or of their parents, that children’s specific needs are considered and their views heard and that, in all decisions affecting children, the best interests of the child are taken into consideration; (e) Ensure that children are able to bring complaints before mechanisms in addition to legal or court procedures, at lower levels that should be easily accessible to them, such as child protection mechanisms, school counsellors or an ombudsperson, and ensure that children receive advice from professionals in a child-sensitive manner when their rights have been violated. 76. With regard to the prevention of trafficking in persons, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Continue the prevention strategy focused on educational programmes and addressing unlawful marriage and carry out, in collaboration with international organizations and civil society organizations, an evaluation of such programmes as a strategy to reduce the risk of trafficking in persons; (b) Develop and implement educational and awareness-raising activities targeting society at large to eradicate social acceptance of unlawful marriage and gender-based violence; (c) Develop and implement awareness-raising campaigns among economic sectors, such as the hospitality industry, in areas where trafficking is at higher risk of occurring, such as the tourism sector in the coastal area, in order to improve identification. 18

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