A/HRC/41/46/Add.1 (c) Bearing in mind that the primary responsibility in terms of protection of trafficked persons lies with the State, provide adequate funding to the shelters to improve the quality of services provided, especially in relation to the protection and economic empowerment of trafficked persons; (d) Establish a dedicated budget at the federal and state levels to provide for appropriate resources to civil society organizations that are de facto in charge of longterm accommodation, psychosocial support for and the social inclusion of victims of trafficking in order for them to run shelters properly and provide adequate services to victims; (e) Improve coordination and cooperation between the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and service providers through the establishment of standard operating procedures with public and affordable health care, such as psychiatric services, which is vital for victims of trafficking in overcoming post-traumatic stress and other types of trauma; (f) Ensure access to appropriate protection services, such as health care and accommodation, for all victims of trafficking, including adult males, especially those forcibly or voluntarily returned from Libya, by taking into account their specific needs, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health; 88. On rehabilitation and reintegration, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Continue cooperation, at both federal and state levels, with the international community through the EU-IOM Joint Initiative, to ensure the safe and voluntary return of Nigerian migrants held in inhumane and exploitative conditions in Libya; (b) Ensure that returnees under the reintegration plan of the Federal Government have equal access to appropriate protection services and reintegration programmes, similar to those returned under the EU-IOM Joint Initiative; (c) Dedicate special attention to reintegration programmes addressing trafficked women after their return, which are often designed according to traditional gender roles and have proved not sustainable in the medium and long term. Undertake transformative actions empowering women and, in general terms, trafficked persons, following an innovative approach based on the acquisition of new skills, especially aimed at boosting entrepreneurship; (d) Provide returnees with a wider range of valuable job opportunities which could enhance their social inclusion in the long term, by cooperating with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, civil society organizations and relevant ministries, at both federal and state level; (e) Replicate the positive initiatives highlighted in the present report, such as those carried out by civil society organizations and by the Edo State task force to pay three months’ salaries to 3,211 returnees from Libya, following a monitoring and evaluation phase. 89. With regard to the prevention of trafficking in persons, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Identify and tackle the root causes and factors increasing vulnerability to trafficking, such as displacement, economic and gender inequality, poverty, unemployment and the disruption of support systems; (b) Continue to engage with traditional and religious leaders to halt the practice of juju and the oath of secrecy and any other form of collusion with traffickers, following the successful initiative of Oba Ewuare II of Benin. Extend similar initiatives to other states and other forms of exploitation, such as that of money wives in Cross River State; (c) Invest in prevention and awareness-raising campaigns aimed at combating gender discrimination and stereotyping, and the tendency to see children 18

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