A/HRC/RES/23/5
(c)
The use of new information technologies, including the Internet, for the
purposes of exploitation that constitute trafficking, such as for trafficking in women and
girls for forced marriages, for forced labour and services and for exploitation in sex
tourism, as well as trafficking in children for, inter alia, child pornography, paedophilia,
forced labour and services, and any other form of exploitation of children;
(d)
The high level of impunity enjoyed by traffickers and their accomplices and
the denial of rights and justice to victims of trafficking;
(e)
The lack of effective remedies for trafficked persons globally, including the
possibility of obtaining compensation for damage suffered;
2.
Calls upon States to consider signing and ratifying, as a matter of priority, in
the case of Governments that have not yet done so, and for States parties to implement
relevant United Nations legal instruments, such as the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto, in particular the Protocol to
Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children,
supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and
to take immediate steps to ensure domestic application of provisions of the Protocol;
3.
Urges States to consider signing and ratifying the Domestic Workers
Convention, 2011 (No. 189) of the International Labour Organization;
4.
Reiterates that all States have the obligation, under international law, to
exercise due diligence to prevent and combat trafficking in persons under international law,
including by establishing comprehensive programmes to prevent trafficking, and enacting
and enforcing legislation criminalizing trafficking, to investigate instances of trafficking
and impose proportionate punishments on perpetrators, and to ensure full respect for and
protection of the human rights of victims of trafficking;
5.
Urges States to recognize trafficked persons as victims with specific
protection needs from the moment they are trafficked, and to ensure the promotion,
protection and fulfilment of their human rights, including the right to an effective remedy
for breaches of these rights;
6.
Calls upon States:
(a)
To effectively enforce relevant laws on trafficking in persons by, inter alia,
intensifying capacity-building and training, including human rights education and training,
for all relevant stakeholders, including the police, immigration authorities, border patrol
officials, labour inspectors, judges, prosecutors, lawyers and tax authorities, as well as
health and child welfare professionals, within available means;
(b)
To strengthen the enforcement of their labour laws and, in particular, to
specifically train and increase awareness of labour inspectors and other competent
authorities in addition to allocating adequate resources so that they have the capacity to
identify victims of trafficking during labour inspections of establishments where trafficked
persons are likely to be exploited, including in small or informal establishments;
(c)
To take appropriate measures to promote and protect the human rights of
trafficked persons in all categories of work;
(d)
To develop and support programmes and initiatives that motivate businesses
to contribute proactively to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, such as awarenessraising initiatives, grievance mechanisms, risk assessment, product certification, labelling,
monitoring and verification;
(e)
To encourage increased transparency and due diligence in the recruitment
practices of companies and suppliers within their supply chains;
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