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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