CAT/C/KWT/CO/3 sexual exploitation. It is also concerned at the low number of sentences sanctioning perpetrators of acts of human trafficking (arts. 2, 10, 12–14 and 16). 33. The State party should: (a) Vigorously implement international and domestic anti-trafficking legislation, including by allocating sufficient funds and developing a national strategy to combat trafficking; (b) Take effective measures to prevent and eradicate human trafficking, including by conducting national prevention campaigns about the criminal nature of such acts, and provide specialized training to public officials on identifying victims and on investigating, prosecuting and sanctioning perpetrators; (c) Promptly, effectively and impartially investigate the crime of trafficking in persons and related practices; prosecute and punish perpetrators in accordance with the gravity of the crime; (d) Increase the protection of and provide redress to victims of trafficking, including legal, medical and psychological aid and rehabilitation, as well as adequate shelters and assistance in reporting incidents of trafficking to the police, including by establishing a round-the-clock hotline for victims; (e) Enhance international cooperation with regard to preventing and punishing trafficking, and prevent the return of trafficked persons to their countries of origin where there are substantial grounds to believe that they would be in danger of torture; (f) Provide the Committee with comprehensive disaggregated data on the number of investigations, prosecutions and sentences handed down to perpetrators of human trafficking, and on the provision of effective redress to the victims. A description of sentences on the subject and their motivations would be particularly useful. Non-refoulement 34. While taking note that refoulement is prohibited under article 46 of the Constitution of the State party, the Committee is concerned at the absence of national laws and administrative regulations governing the status of asylum seekers and refugees, which may result in superficial and summary examinations of protection claims and lead to an arbitrary implementation of the prohibition of non-refoulement. It is concerned at the detention of persons awaiting repatriation or resettlement who lack a valid residence permit and the lack of information on whether the risks of torture in countries to which persons would be returned are sufficiently examined. It is particularly concerned at the practice of administrative deportations of persons if required in the public interest or if the public order is threatened, which are carried out without judicial supervision under the authority of the Ministry of the Interior and against which no recourse or appeal is available (arts. 2, 3, 11 and 16). 35. The State party should: (a) Ensure that no person is expelled, returned or extradited to a country where there are substantial grounds for believing that he/she would be in danger of being subjected to torture; (b) Establish a legal and institutional framework regulating asylum in accordance with international standards in order to ensure its compliance with the principle of non-refoulement and examine each case individually; 9

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