Ouagadougou Action Plan,329 the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Declaration on Trafficking in Persons,330 and the ECOWAS Initial Plan of Action.331 In Latin America, they include the Organization of American States (OAS) Recommendations on Trafficking in Persons,332 and Resolution 2348 of the Assembly-General of Organization of American States.333 In Asia, the COMMIT MOU obliges States to provide all victims of trafficking “with shelter and appropriate physical, psycho-social, legal, educational and health-care assistance”.334 The MOU between the Governments of Thailand and Cambodia requires the parties to “provide trafficked children, women, and their immediate family, if any, with safe shelters, health care, access to legal assistance, and other imperative for their protection” (art. 9).335 Resolutions of the General Assembly and Human Rights Council call for the provision of physical and psychological care to victims of trafficking.336 Several human rights treaty bodies have recommended the provision of physical and psychological care and support, specifically rehabilitation337 and reintegration338 programmes; medical care;339 counselling;340 crisis centres and telephone hotlines;341 and safe houses and shelters.342 The Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons has repeatedly referred Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/44, para. 32; General Assembly resolution 59/166, paras. 13 and 15; Commission on Human Rights resolution 2004/45, para. 2; General Assembly resolution 58/137, para. 6. Human Rights Committee, concluding observations: Czech Republic (CCPR/C/CZE/CO/2, para. 12); Slovenia (CCPR/CO/84/SVN, para. 11); Russian Federation (CCPR/CO/79/RUS, para. 10); Committee on the Rights of the Child, concluding observations: Nepal (CRC/C/15/ Add.261, para. 89); Myanmar (CRC/C/15/Add.237, para. 73); Armenia (CRC/C/15/Add.225, para. 67); Committee against Torture, concluding observations: Indonesia (CAT/C/IDN/CO/2, para. 20); the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (CAT/C/MKD/CO/5, para. 22); Estonia (CAT/C/EST/CO/4, para. 18); Latvia (CAT/C/LVA/CO/2, para. 21); Ukraine (CAT/C/UKR/ CO/5, paras. 14, 24); Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, concluding observations: Bolivia (CEDAW/C/BOL/CO/4, para. 28); Paraguay (CEDAW/C/PAR/CC/3-5, para. 29). 337 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, concluding observations: Brazil (CEDAW/C/BRA/ CO/6, para. 24); Philippines (CEDAW/C/PHI/CO/6, para. 20); China (CEDAW/C/CHN/CO/6, para. 20). 338 329 Ouagadougou Action Plan, pp. 1-2. 330 ECOWAS Declaration on Trafficking in Persons, para. 7. 331 ECOWAS Initial Plan of Action, p. 5. OAS Recommendations on Trafficking in Persons, Section IV(1)(2). 332 Organization of American States, Hemispheric Cooperation Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons and Second Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons, adopted at the fourth plenary session, June 5 2007, AG/RES. 2348 (XXXVII O/07), preamble, para. 1. 333 334 COMMIT MOU, paras. 17-18. The MOU between the Governments of Thailand and Lao PDR requires the parties to provide legal assistance, health care and other necessary measures to protect victims and their families: Thailand-Lao PDR MOU, art. 8. 335 Human Rights Council resolution 7/29, para. 36; General Assembly resolution 61/180, para. 9; General Assembly resolution 61/144, paras. 15 and 17; 336 Human Rights Committee, concluding observations: Kosovo (Serbia) (CCPR/C/UNK/CO/1, para. 16); Committee against Torture, concluding observations: Indonesia (CAT/C/IDN/CO/2, para. 20); Ukraine (CAT/C/UKR/CO/5, paras. 14, 24); Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, concluding observations: Ireland (CEDAW/C/IRL/CO/4-5, para. 31). 339 Human Rights Committee, concluding observations: Kosovo (Serbia) (CCPR/C/UNK/CO/1, para. 16); Committee on the Elimination Discrimination against Women, concluding observations: Ireland (CEDAW/C/ IRL/CO/4-5, para. 31). 340 Committee on the Rights of the Child, concluding observations: Armenia (CRC/C/15/Add.225, para. 67). 341 Committee against Torture, concluding observations: Japan (CAT/C/JPN/CO/1, para. 8); Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, concluding observations: Ireland (CEDAW/C/IRL/CO/45, para. 31). 342 COMMENTARY 149

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