A/HRC/44/45 (d) Revise any legislation or policy hampering social inclusion, including policies tying workers to a single employer, or preventing equal access to long-term empowerment measures, and adopt appropriate policies to ensure the birth registration of children born of rape as a result of trafficking; (e) Ensure trafficked persons’ access to long-term medical services, including psychological and psychiatric services, and their right to family reunification if they so wish, and provide them with access to safe and affordable independent accommodation, as well as viable alternatives to exploitative conditions, by facilitating their access to alternative non-exploitative employment, in cooperation with the private sector, in order to prevent further exploitation and retrafficking; (f) Enact measures to grant trafficked persons’ access to information on available judicial and non-judicial remedies, facilitate their access to civil and labour proceedings, including by eliminating claimants’ costs and establishing a fund for legal and financial aid to trafficked persons, and ensure that compensation is always paid upfront, regardless of the outcome of the proceedings, when exploitation is evidenced; (g) Enact measures to facilitate trafficked persons’ access to non-judicial mechanisms, such as procedures established by labour inspectorates, national human rights institutions and ombudspersons, trade unions and other labour mediation mechanisms. 78. Companies should: (a) Establish grievance mechanisms in cooperation with civil society, trade unions and worker-led initiatives, ensure their implementation, preferably managed by a third party, including workers’ representatives, or by a civil society partner that is trusted by workers and is well established in the area in which the mechanism operates; (b) Ensure, in coordination with State authorities, that grievance mechanisms are aligned with national referral mechanisms, and establish cooperation protocols with such referral mechanisms to channel companies’ resources for assistance and remedies for workers who have been subjected to trafficking or severe exploitation. 18

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