of crisis shelters and number of victims who have accessed them, or on mandatory training
programs for rehabilitation and retraining of perpetrators of domestic violence (arts. 2, 10,
12, 13, 14 and 16).
38.
In connection with the above-mentioned concerns, the Committee notes with regret
that the State party remains a source and transit country for many women subjected to sex
trafficking and forced labour. While noting the State party’s efforts to combat trafficking in
persons, the Committee regrets that the State party failed to make available the requested data
concerning redress and rehabilitation services actually provided by the State party to victims
of trafficking or about convictions and punishments for trafficking.
39.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Collect comprehensive statistics on all forms of violence against women
through acts or omissions by State agents and others that engage the State’s
responsibility in accordance with the Convention, and provide these to the Committee,
indicating how many are charged and prosecuted and punished as torture, ill-treatment
or other crimes under the Criminal Code. It further encourages the State party to adopt
legislation criminalizing domestic violence and marital rape; take measures to ensure
that police register and effectively investigate allegations of domestic violence; provide
adequate funding for sexual and gender-based violence services so that all victims of
these offences have access to medical and legal services, counselling, safe emergency
accommodation and shelters. The State party should provide mandatory training to all
law enforcement officials, judges, and others who interact with victims of all forms of
violence against women;
(b)
Provide effective protection, redress and rehabilitation to victims of
human trafficking, including legal, medical and psychological aid and rehabilitation, as
well as adequate shelters and assistance in reporting incidents of trafficking to the
police; and ensure that cases of trafficking are thoroughly investigated, perpetrators
are prosecuted and, if convicted, punished with appropriate sanctions; provide the
Committee with comprehensive disaggregated data on the number of investigations,
prosecutions and sentences handed down with regard to perpetrators of
human trafficking, and on the provision of effective redress to victims.
Violence against children
40.
While noting article 32 of the Constitution and article 9 of the Law on the Rights of
the Child, which protect children from acts of violence and exploitation, the Committee is
concerned at reports of incidents of violence against children in juvenile facilities, closed
schools, home and day care settings. The Committee regrets that legislation does not
explicitly prohibit corporal punishment against children in all settings and that the State party
lacks a specific national policy in this regard (arts. 2, 4 and 16).
41.
The State party should enact legislation to explicitly and clearly
prohibit corporal punishment in all settings, including juvenile facilities, closed schools,
and child welfare facilities, in all parts of the country, and take the measures necessary
to prevent such punishment.
Violence against LGBTI individuals
42.
The Committee is concerned at reports that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
intersex people are subjected to violence on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender
identity, such as physical attacks and other ill-treatment, both by law enforcement officials
and private individuals. The Committee is also concerned at reports that law enforcement
authorities fail to act with due diligence in investigating and punishing these cases and in
applying legal provisions for crimes motivated by hate (arts. 2, 12, 13 and 16).
43.
The State party should intensify its efforts to ensure prompt, thorough and
impartial investigations into allegations of attacks against persons on the basis of their
sexual orientation or gender identity; provide training to law-enforcement officials and
the judiciary on detecting and combating hate-motivated crimes, including those
motivated by sexual orientation or gender identity; and develop specific monitoring
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