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(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.
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