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Recommendation, 2014 (No. 203) and the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No.
189);
(b)
Ensure universal ratification and enforcement of the Federal Child
Rights Act across all states;
(c)
Ensure the effective implementation and enforcement of anti-trafficking
legislation by strengthening the capacity of the relevant governmental agencies, such
as the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, law enforcement,
border guards and the judiciary, through increased funding, adequate equipment and
specialized training on trafficking in persons;
(d)
Provide the Agency with adequate resources to enable it to fully carry
out its role;
(e)
Strengthen the coordination and cooperation between the Agency and
relevant governmental departments, such as the Federal Ministry of Women and
Social Affairs, the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment and the Federal
Ministry of Education and Youth Development, which should have a more proactive
role in preventing and combating trafficking in persons, by, inter alia, addressing
youth unemployment and gender discrimination and stereotyping;
(f)
Ensure coordination between federal and state-level initiatives, by
improving cooperation between the Agency and the Edo State task force against
human trafficking;
86.
With regard to the protection of victims of trafficking and their identification,
the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government:
(a)
Improve data collection through the establishment of a national database
on trafficking cases, in cooperation with the National Agency for the Prohibition of
Trafficking in Persons and the National Human Rights Commission;
(b)
Improve the identification of victims of forced labour and labour
exploitation, as well as other forms of trafficking such as child begging or organ
removal;
(c)
Improve the identification of victims of trafficking and their referral to
appropriate protection services in areas affected by displacement, such as the northeast of the country, by providing specialized training on screening and identification
of vulnerability to trafficking in camps for internally displaced persons and host
communities;
(d)
Integrate anti-trafficking responses in asylum procedures and increase
the existing cooperation between the National Agency for the Prohibition of
Trafficking in Persons and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and
Internally Displaced Persons, as well as with United Nations specialized agencies, such
as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and IOM,
including by training staff on indicators of vulnerability to trafficking in persons,
especially among internally displaced communities affected by Boko Haram attacks;
(e)
Increase the presence of the National Agency for the Prohibition of
Trafficking in Persons in border areas and airports as a means of strengthening
cooperation with border control guards and law enforcement officials in identifying
trafficking cases.
87.
With regard to the protection of victims of trafficking and the provision of
services to them, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government:
(a)
Shift from a law enforcement paradigm to a victim-centred and human
rights-based approach to trafficking in persons, which puts victims and survivors at
the forefront of all anti-trafficking measures;
(b)
Reconsider the policy of closed shelters for victims of trafficking, by
replicating the experience of civil society organizations in running open shelters;
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