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The Committee is, however, concerned at the fact that incidents of trafficking both through and
inside the country have been reported and that the State party does not have a system to monitor
and assess the extent and impact of or to address this phenomenon effectively (arts. 2 and 16).
The State party should ensure that the plan of action receives adequate financial
support for its implementation, and establish a coordinated government-wide
programme for data collection, monitoring of the actual situation and providing
adequate measures to prevent trafficking in persons and assistance to victims.
The State party should also adopt specific training and sensitization programmes for
law enforcement personnel and border guards, and public awareness-raising
campaigns revealing the current situation of trafficking in human beings in the
country.
Violence against women and children
15. The Committee notes the recent developments in the national legislative and policy
framework on measures to address violence against women and children and domestic violence,
in particular the amendments providing for greater punishment when violence has occurred
within the family, restraining orders and the expansion of the term of rape. The Committee is of
the view that more emphasis could be given to adequate medical and legal services and
assistance to victims of violence against women and domestic violence, and to addressing
attitudes and opinions in society (arts. 4 and 16).
The State party should continue its efforts to address domestic violence through
legislative and policy measures and ensure that the part of the Plan of Action 2006
to 2011 covering protection and assistance to victims receives sufficient funding and
the human resources necessary for its implementation. The State party is encouraged
to develop national public information campaigns and stimulate broader public
discussions in order to address attitudes and stereotypes leading to violence against
women further. The State party should provide further detailed information with
respect to the assistance and services available for victims in its next periodic report.
16. While noting the State party’s signature of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against
Torture, the Committee encourages the State party to proceed to its ratification at the earliest
possible date.
17. The Committee invites the State party to ratify other United Nations human rights treaties
to which it is not yet a party, namely, the International Convention on the Protection of the
Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto, and the International Convention for
the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
18. The Committee invites the State party to submit its core document in accordance with the
requirements of common-core documents in the harmonized guidelines on reporting, as
approved by the international human rights treaty bodies (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.4).