E/C.12/1/Add.100 page 6 41. The Committee urges the State party to ensure that its existing legislation in respect of the occupational health and safety of workers is fully implemented and that the labour inspections system is strengthened. The Committee also urges the State party to adopt measures to protect workers from the occupational hazards resulting from the use of toxic and other dangerous substances in the banana-growing and small mines sectors. 42. The Committee urges the State party to take immediate necessary legislative or otherwise measures to ensure that all workers, including the subcontracted and temporary ones, can exercise their trade union rights. 43. The Committee urges the State party to settle the problem of the debt to the Social Security Institute so as to allow it to perform its task of ensuring adequate security coverage and payment of social benefits. The Committee also urges the State party to strengthen the role of social security inspections to combat fraud, for example by employers who do not pay social security contributions for their employees. 44. The Committee urges the State party to increase the coverage of the social security system, especially for self-employed workers and women. 45. The Committee calls upon the State party to provide in its next report information on the impact of the fund set up under the Programme for the Development of Ecuadorian Migrants and their Families in improving the living conditions of these families. The Committee also encourages the State party to implement the recommendations made by the Commission on Human Rights Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants in 2001. 46. The Committee urges the State party to take all effective measures to ensure that the Family Code is adopted and implemented without any further delay. 47. The Committee strongly urges the State party to take all possible measures, legislative and otherwise to address effectively the persistent problem of child labour, particularly in agriculture and domestic work. 48. The Committee urges the State party to address the issues of sexual abuse, prostitution of girls and boys and exploitation of children by adopting a comprehensive strategy to address these problems. The Committee requests the State party to provide information on the progress made in this regard in the next periodic report. 49. The Committee urges the State party to take all the appropriate measures to combat the problem of trafficking in minors, including collecting relevant data and statistics and conducting a thorough study on this issue. The Committee requests the State party to report back on the measures taken and progress made in this regard in its third periodic report. 50. The Committee urges the State party to take effective measures to combat domestic violence, including through the effective application of the existing laws and awareness-raising campaigns. It also strongly urges the State party to amend its Criminal Code with the view to redefining the crime of rape to reflect international standards and to protect women and children. 51. The Committee encourages the State party to intensify its efforts and activities to combat poverty, including the setting up of an antipoverty strategy to improve the living conditions of