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Sale, trafficking and abduction
42.
In line with its previous concluding observations (see CRC/C/GEO/CO/3, para.
69), the Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Integrate a comprehensive child-rights perspective into the next action
plan on combating trafficking in persons to develop further prevention, protection
and prosecution measures to combat the sexual and labour exploitation, sale,
abduction of and trafficking in children;
(b)
Specifically target children in vulnerable and marginalized situations in
the action plan, including children from ethnic minorities, children placed in
institutions, children living in street situations, children with disabilities, children
affected by migration, asylum-seeking and refugee children, children of foreign
nationality and girls who are victims of domestic violence;
(c)
Ensure that all cases of sexual and labour exploitation, sale, abduction
and trafficking are investigated and that the perpetrators are charged and punished;
(d)
Ensure that child victims of sexual exploitation, sale, abduction and
trafficking are protected and that they are provided with adequate recovery and
social reintegration services and programmes.
Administration of juvenile justice
43.
In line with its general comment No. 10 (2007) on children’s rights in juvenile
justice, the Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Guarantee adequate human, technical and financial resources for
specialized juvenile court facilities and ensure that specialized professionals receive
continuous education and training;
(b)
Further promote alternative measures to detention and ensure the
availability of sufficient possibilities for community work and mediation;
(c)
Seek technical assistance from, inter alia, UNICEF.
Child victims and witnesses of crimes
44.
The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that in practice,
enough specialized personnel, including child psychologists and psychiatrists, are
available to support child victims and witnesses of crime.
I.
Ratification of international human rights instruments
45.
The Committee recommends that the State party, in order to further
strengthen the fulfilment of children’s rights, consider ratifying the following core
human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party:
(a)
The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All
Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families;
(b)
The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from
Enforced Disappearance;
(c)
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities.
V. Implementation and reporting
A.
Follow-up and dissemination
46.
The Committee recommends that the State party take all appropriate measures
to ensure that the recommendations contained in the present concluding observations
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