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the Amazon who are recruited and coerced into prostitution in brothels located in mining
shantytowns (arts. 2, 12, 13, 14 and 16).
The State party should strengthen its efforts to:
(a)
Adopt legislative measures to eradicate forced labour, serfdom and
domestic servitude;
(b)
Ensure in practice the elimination of such contemporary forms of
slavery and in particular protect children;
(c)
Carry out prompt investigation, prosecution and adequate punishment
of perpetrators and provide protection, free legal aid, rehabilitation and compensation
for victims of forced labour and trafficking;
(d)
Raise awareness of and train law enforcement personnel, judges and
prosecutors on trafficking in persons and improve the identification of victims of
trafficking;
(e)
Amend the Penal Code and the Domestic Workers Act so that they are
brought in line with international standards.
Attacks against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)
community
22.
The Committee is seriously concerned at reports of harassment and violent attacks,
some of which have resulted in deaths, against the LGBT community by members of the
national police, armed forces, municipal security patrols (serenos) and prison officials and
at arbitrary detention and physical abuse in police stations with denial of fundamental legal
safeguards (arts. 2, 11, 12, 13 and 16).
The State party should take effective measures to protect the LGBT community from
attacks, abuse and arbitrary detention and ensure that all acts of violence are
promptly, effectively and impartially investigated and prosecuted, perpetrators
brought to justice and victims provided with redress.
Data collection
23.
The Committee regrets the absence of comprehensive and disaggregated data on
complaints, investigations, prosecutions and convictions of cases of torture and ill treatment
by law enforcement, military, security and prison personnel, as well as on trafficking,
violence, against women, children and other vulnerable groups, including domestic and
sexual violence, as well as means of redress (arts. 2, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 16).
The State party should compile statistical data relevant to the monitoring of the
implementation of the Convention at the national level, including disaggregated data
on complaints, investigations, prosecutions and convictions of cases of torture and illtreatment by law enforcement and prison personnel, trafficking, violence, including
domestic and sexual, against women, children and other vulnerable groups as well as
on means of redress, including compensation and rehabilitation, provided to the
victims.
24.
The Committee invites the State party to consider ratifying the other United Nations
human rights treaties to which it is not yet party, namely the Second Optional Protocol to
the International Covenant on Civil and Political rights, aiming at the abolition of the death
penalty and the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights.
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