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in particular sexual violence, and define corporal punishment in all settings as an
offence under the law.
Contemporary forms of slavery, including forced labour and trafficking
(21) The Committee is concerned at reports on forced labour practices amounting to
slavery, debt bondage (enganche) and serfdom in such sectors as agriculture, stock-raising
and forestry that particularly concern indigenous communities, and also at the situation of
domestic workers living in conditions of domestic servitude. It is further gravely concerned
at the increasing number of children affected by the worst forms of child labour in various
sectors such as mining, brick-making and saw mills and that one third of persons in
domestic servitude are children. The Committee is particularly concerned that the
prohibition of slavery and forced labour is not adequately covered in the Penal Code. The
Committee is further concerned at the trafficking in human beings for labour and sexual
exploitation and in particular of women and young girls from impoverished rural regions in
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).
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