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
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