CAT/C/SRB/CO/2 (c) Ensuring that victims of gender-based violence benefit from urgent and effective protection measures and have access to sufficient and adequately funded shelters, medical and legal aid, psychosocial counselling and social support schemes; (d) Establishing a centralized system of data collection covering all forms of domestic and gender-based violence in order to facilitate risk assessments, improve protection and evaluate the extent of the phenomenon and the impact of the measures taken. Trafficking in persons 17. While welcoming the legislative and other measures to address trafficking in persons (see para. 6 (b) above), the Committee is concerned at reports that some victims are punished for acts committed as a result of being trafficked and are not afforded sufficient protection against repeated victimization and intimidation in lengthy criminal and civil proceedings. The Committee also takes into consideration reports that funding is insufficient to provide for services for victims of trafficking and that there is a lack of mechanisms for coordination and referral between the welfare centre for victims of human trafficking and non-governmental organizations working in this area (arts. 2, 12–14 and 16). The State party should: (a) Continue its efforts to enforce the anti-trafficking legislation by investigating, promptly, effectively and impartially, all incidents of trafficking and punishing trafficking offenders with appropriate penalties; (b) Increase activities to raise awareness among the judiciary and law enforcement officials about the need to enhance the protection of victims of trafficking in criminal proceedings by making sure that victims are not penalized for acts committed as a result of being trafficked, by reducing the duration of trials and by avoiding witness intimidation and secondary victimization; (c) Facilitate access to compensation for victims of trafficking, regardless of the outcome of criminal proceedings or the identity of the perpetrators; (d) Provide sufficient State funding for assistance and reintegration services for victims of trafficking and improve the mechanisms for the identification of victims and for coordination and referral between service providers and officials; (e) Undertake an impact assessment of the National Action Plan for Combating Human Trafficking 2009–2011 and adopt a new action plan without delay. Detention of persons with mental and psychosocial disabilities 18. Notwithstanding Law No. 45/13 on the Protection of Persons with Mental Disabilities, the Committee notes with concern that a large number of persons with mental and psychosocial disabilities, including older people, are confined involuntarily in psychiatric institutions and that almost no progress has been made towards deinstitutionalization. The Committee also takes note of reports of instances in which persons admitted against their will to psychiatric hospitals were not able to be heard before a judge or be informed of the court decision and legal remedies available. The Committee also notes that Law No. 45/13 continues to contain provisions that support the isolation and physical restraint of psychiatric patients, and is concerned at information that seclusion is still used in the Centre for Children and Youth with Developmental Disabilities in Veternik and that mechanical restraints have been used in psychiatric hospitals without continuous staff monitoring, in full view of other patients and, occasionally, for excessive periods of time. The Committee is also concerned at reports that excessive use of restrictive measures in mental health-care institutions are not sufficiently investigated (arts. 2, 11, 13 and 16). 8

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