CAT/C/NLD/CO/7 trafficking and raise awareness among the relevant public officials of the municipalities, as well as the general public, on the criminal nature of such acts; (c) Ensure that cases of human trafficking are investigated, perpetrators are prosecuted and, if convicted, punished with appropriate sanctions, and the victims adequately provided with redress, including adequate compensation. Violence against women 48. While noting the steps taken by the State party to address violence against women, the Committee is concerned about acts or omissions committed with the consent or acquiescence of State agents in connection with the high incidence of violence against women, in particular domestic violence and honour-related crimes. It is concerned about reports that municipal authorities fail to provide adequate protection measures to victims of such crimes, who often have to wait to access support services. The Committee also regrets the absence of recent statistical information on the number of complaints relating to domestic violence and of disaggregated data concerning violence against women in Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten (arts. 2, 13, 14 and 16). 49. The State party should: (a) Step up its efforts to combat violence against women, particularly domestic violence and honour-related crimes, in all constituent countries of the State party, including by ensuring adequate protection measures and sufficient funding, resources and staffing; (b) Ensure that all victims of violence against women, including migrants and the indigent, have adequate access to medical and legal services, counselling, safe emergency accommodation and shelters; (c) Collect comprehensive statistics on all forms of violence against women through acts or omissions by State agents and others that engage the State’s responsibility in accordance with the Convention, and provide them to the Committee, indicating how many are charged, prosecuted and punished for torture, ill-treatment or other crimes under the Criminal Code. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons 50. The Committee is concerned at reports that many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons are subjected to hate crimes because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, and that the alleged perpetrators are not always brought to justice (arts. 2, 12, 14 and 16). 51. The State party should take all necessary measures to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons from threats and any form of violence, including hate crimes. It should also ensure that violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons is promptly, impartially and thoroughly investigated and the perpetrators prosecuted and punished. Intersex persons 52. The State party is concerned at reports that unnecessary and irreversible surgery and other medical treatments are performed on intersex children without their informed consent and impartial counselling. It is concerned that such procedures, which cause long-term physical and psychological suffering, have not been the object of any inquiry, sanction or reparation and that there are no specific legal provisions providing redress and rehabilitation to the victims. 53. The State party should: (a) Take the legislative, administrative and other measures necessary to guarantee respect for the physical integrity and autonomy of intersex persons and to ensure that no one is subjected during infancy or childhood to non-urgent medical or surgical procedures intended to decide the sex of the child without his or her informed consent; 12