CAT/C/BIH/CO/6 (a) Increasing the use of alternative measures to conviction and imprisonment for juveniles, and ensuring that imprisonment is used only as a measure of last resort for the shortest appropriate period of time, in accordance with the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty (the Havana Rules); (b) Providing designed for juveniles; educational and rehabilitative programmes especially (c) Ensuring that juveniles are detained separately from adults in all places of detention. Violence against women and domestic violence 32. While noting the improvement in the State party’s legal framework on domestic violence, the Committee is concerned at reports that violence against women remains widely prevalent and underreported. The Committee is also concerned at reports of inadequate protection measures and insufficient assistance for victims. The Committee regrets the lack of data, disaggregated by age and ethnicity of victims, on cases of violence against women (arts. 2, 12–14 and 16). 33. The State party should enhance its efforts to combat violence against women and domestic violence, inter alia, by ensuring that: (a) All incidents of violence against women are registered and promptly, effectively and impartially investigated and that those accused are prosecuted and, if found guilty, are punished in accordance with the gravity of their acts; (b) Victims of domestic violence benefit from urgent and effective protection measures and have prompt access to sufficient and adequately funded shelters, medical and legal aid, psychosocial counselling and social support schemes; (c) Relevant authorities compile data, disaggregated by age and ethnicity, on all forms of violence against women in order to facilitate risk assessments, improve protection and evaluate the situation and the impact of the measures taken. Trafficking in persons 34. While noting the introduction of the separate criminal offence of human trafficking into the criminal codes of all the entities during the reporting period, the Committee remains concerned that the State party convicted only two perpetrators in 2016 and none in 2014 and 2015. The Committee is also concerned at reports that it is only after the law enforcement department initiates an investigation and the prosecutor provides an official victim status, that victims can access assistance and support. The Committee is further concerned at reports that referral mechanisms for victims are ineffective and that judges and law enforcement officials handling trafficking cases need more training (arts. 2, 12–14 and 16). 35. The State party should: (a) Vigorously enforce anti-trafficking legislation to combat human trafficking by promptly, thoroughly and impartially investigating all allegations of trafficking, prosecuting those accused and, if found guilty, punishing them with penalties commensurate to the gravity of their acts; (b) Ensure that victims’ access to all forms of redress, including compensation, shelters and counselling services, is not dependent on the conclusion of criminal proceedings; and allocate sufficient funding for assistance and rehabilitation services for victims of trafficking; (c) Improve victim referral mechanisms between service providers and relevant authorities; (d) Effectively implement the 2016–2019 National Anti-Trafficking Action Plan and conduct an impact assessment of the previous anti-trafficking action plan; 8

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