DRAFT CEDAW General recommendation on Trafficking in
Women and Girls in the Context of Global Migration
30.
National coordination is required to align policies in order to ensure an effective
and human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in women and girls including
those on gender equality, criminal justice, migration management and sustainable
development.80 It is recommended that State parties:
a) Establish an inter-agency coordinating mechanism to:
i. Integrate gender-specific provisions into the national plan of action to combat
human trafficking, with the meaningful participation of civil society;
ii. Coordinate the initiatives and activities of actors at the local, regional and
national levels, including government agencies, national human rights
institutions, and civil society organizations, engaged in combatting trafficking
in women and girls;
b) Establish an independent National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking to track
and report on the progress of anti-trafficking strategies81, including the national
plan of action.
31.
Adopt, adequately finance, implement, and regularly review a comprehensive
national plan of action to prevent and combat human trafficking, ensuring it is in line
with this general recommendation and that it:
a) Takes into account the UN Trafficking Protocol and the Recommended Principles
on Human Rights and Human Trafficking of the United Nations Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights (E/2002/68/Add.1);82
b) Is designed with a result-oriented approach, including specific indicators and
targets, in line with the Convention; 83
c) Is harmonized with the national action plans on gender equality, on combating
violence against women, and on women, peace and security;
d) Includes the formulation of a right-based policy on rescue, repatriation and
reintegration of victims;
e) Calls for the establishment of permanent bodies to coordinate and monitor its
uniform implementation across the country;84
f) Facilitates inter-agency coordination among government entities and their
cooperation with civil society;85
g) Is allocated with adequate human, technical and financial resources for its
effective implementation that is ensured through both national budgets,
international cooperation and with the private sector;86
h) Is regularly assessed within a set timeframe to determine its impact on the rights
of women and girls.87
32.
Ensure women’s meaningful participation in trafficking prevention efforts:
a) The expertise and voices of women and girl victims of trafficking must be included
and accounted for at all stages of efforts to prevent and combat trafficking,
including training, programme and research design, development,
80
General recommendation No. 37 (2018) (CEDAW/C/GC/37), para. 41.
General recommendation No. 31 (2014) (CEDAW/C/GC/31-CRC/C/GC/18), para. 35.
82
para. 27(d), CEDAW/C/LKA/CO/7; para. 19(a), CEDAW/C/ARM/CO/5-6.
83
para. 24(b), CEDAW/C/PAK/CO/4.
84
para. 26(a), CEDAW/C/MLI/CO/6-7; para. 27, CEDAW/C/RWA/CO/7-9; para. 20(b),
CEDAW/C/MUS/CO/8; para. 28(c), CEDAW/C/BWA/CO/4; para. 21(c), CEDAW/C/BGD/CO/8;
para. 21(g), CEDAW/C/FRA/CO/7-8; para. 20(a), CEDAW/C/MUS/CO/8; para. 27(a),
CEDAW/C/LKA/CO/8; para. 28(d), CEDAW/C/NGA/CO/7-8; para. 31(a), CEDAW/C/UKR/CO/8;
para. 21(a), CEDAW/C/CRI/CO/7.
85
para. 36(c), CEDAW/C/SAU/CO/3-4; para. 25(a), CEDAW/C/HND/CO/7-8.
86
General recommendation No. 37 (2018) (CEDAW/C/GC/37), para. 45.
87
para. 29(b), CEDAW/C/CHE/CO/4-5.
81
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