A/69/44 Committee, very few cases are reported, even fewer are appropriately prosecuted and the institutional response to the problem remains limited (arts. 2 and 16). The State party should strengthen its efforts to eradicate violence and sexual abuse against girls in schools and implement all necessary protective measures, in particular by: (a) Taking all measures necessary to investigate, prosecute and appropriately punish those found guilty of such acts, and providing the victims with redress; (b) Making resources available for prevention and protection programmes to eliminate the persistent pattern of violence and sexual abuse against children in schools; (c) Making complaints mechanisms available to victims and their families; (d) Strengthening awareness-raising and mandatory in-service training programmes on the subject for teaching staff; and (e) Guaranteeing victims full access to health services specialized in family planning and the prevention and diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases. The State party should ensure that victims obtain redress, including fair and adequate compensation, and the fullest possible rehabilitation. Harmful traditional practices (25) The Committee is aware of the efforts made by the State party to prevent early marriages. However, it remains concerned at the persistence of this and other harmful traditional practices, such as forced marriage, polygamy, adulthood initiation rites and child debt bondage. The Committee is also concerned at reports of corporal punishment (whipping) inflicted by some traditional authorities. Furthermore, it regrets the lack of information on the steps taken to ensure that customary law in Mozambique is not incompatible with the State party’s obligations under the Convention (art. 16). The State party should: (a) Strengthen its efforts to prevent and combat harmful traditional practices, particularly in rural areas, and ensure that such acts are investigated and the alleged perpetrators prosecuted and, if convicted, punished with appropriate sanctions; (b) Provide victims with legal, medical, psychological and rehabilitative services and compensation, and create the conditions for them to report complaints without fear of reprisal; and (c) Provide judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officials and traditional authorities with training on the strict application of the relevant legislation criminalizing harmful traditional practices and other forms of violence against women and children. In general, the State party should ensure that its customary law and practices are compatible with its human rights obligations, particularly those under the Convention. In its next periodic report, the State party should provide information on the hierarchy between traditional practices and codified law, especially with regard to forms of discrimination against women and children. Human trafficking (26) The Committee takes note of the efforts made by the State party to prevent and combat human trafficking. However, it is concerned at reports of internal and cross-border GE.14-12596 61