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general public and already children should be educated about violence against women
and children.128
50 Trafficking victims should have access to shelters and protection, including protecting orders; cultural and financial barriers to access these should be removed.129 States
parties should prevent the return of trafficked persons to their countries of origin if there
are ‘substantial grounds to believe that they would be in danger of exploitation and
torture or ill-treatment’.130 The Committee has underlined repeatedly that trafficking
victims should not be penalized for acts committed as a result for being trafficked, be
provided with immediate and genuine access to medical, social, and legal services, and
receive rehabilitation, eg through programmes of assistance, recovery, and reintegration,
in line with Article 14.131 The Committee also recommended States parties work with
NGOs and establish systems and mechanisms of regional, international, and bilateral cooperation to prevent and punish trafficking and monitor their impact.132
51 States parties should ensure that women, especially rape victims, have access to safe
and legal abortions.133 In the case of Peru, it was recommended that legislation should
also allow distribution of oral emergency contraception for rape victims.134 Women
should have the possibility to seek emergency medical care in case of abortions without
having to go through extraction of confessions for prosecution purposes and medical personnel being penalized when they exercise their professional duty, as denying medical care
to these women might constitute cruel and inhuman treatment.135 States parties should
ensure that health professionals are informed about protocols on legal abortions as well
as preserve confidentiality between doctors and patients in case of medical care in case of
complications arising from an abortion.136
3.1.2.9 Collection of Disaggregated Data
52 The Committee has underlined the importance of continuous evaluation and that
States parties provide statistical data to enable it to adequately evaluate the Convention’s
implementation at the national level.137 Data should be disaggregated by gender, age,
geographical region, and type and location of place of deprivation of liberty. States parties should also provide data on preventive measures, disaggregated by relevant status,
5-6 (n 117) para 14; CAT/C/PHL/CO/2 (n 72) para 25; CAT/C/MRT/CO/1 (n 60) para 23; CAT/C/MNG/
CO/1 (n 72) para 21. CAT/C/MOZ/CO/1 (n 97) para 26; CAT/C/NLD/CO/5-6 (n 60) para 25; CAT/C/
NZL/CO/6 (n 60) para 12; CAT/C/PRT/CO/4 (n 74) para 19.
128
CAT/C/NAM/CO/2 (n 120) para 28; CAT/C/PRY/CO/4-6 (n 72) para 21, CAT/C/SAU/CO/2 (n
81) para 36; CAT/C/SEN/CO/3 (n 93) para 14.
129
CAT/C/MNG/CO/1 (n 72) para 20; CAT/C/MAR/CO/4 (n 72) para 23; CAT/C/NZL/CO/6 (n
60) para 11; CAT/C/MDA/CO/2 (n 75) para 23.
130
CAT/C/NLD/CO/5-6 (n 60) para 25. Also see CAT/C/POL/CO/5-6 (n 72) para 24.
131
CAT/C/MDG/CO1 (n 82) para 12; CAT/C/MAR/CO/4 (n 72) para 27; CAT/C/NLD/CO/5-6 (n
60) para 25; CAT/C/PRY/CO/4-6 (n 72) para 23; CAT/C/MDA/CO/2 (n 75) para 22; CAT/C/SRB/CO/1
(n 109) para 17; CAT/C/RWA/CO/1 (n 69) para 16.
132
CAT/C/NZL/CO/6 (n 60) para 12; CAT/C/PRY/CO/4-6 (n 72) para 25; CAT/C/POL/CO/5-6 (n
72) para 24; CAT/C/QAT/CO/2 (n 66) para 19.
133
CAT/C/POL/CO/5-6 (n 72) para 23; CAT/C/PER/CO/5-6 (n 117) para 15; CAT/C/PRY/CO/4-6 (n
72) para 21.
134
CAT/C/PER/CO/5-6 (n 117) para 15
135
CAT/C/PER/CO/5-6 (n 117) para 15, CAT/C/PRY/CO/4-6 (n 72) para 22.
136
CAT/C/PRY/CO/4-6 (n 72) para 22; CAT/C/PER/CO/5-6 (n 117) para 15
137
CAT/C/GC/2 (n 1) 23; CAT/C/ALB/CO/2 (n 75) para 28. CAT/C/AUT/CO/4-5 (n 72) para 26;
CAT/C/AZE/CO/3 (n 72) para 7; CAT/C/BGR/CO/4-5 (n 99) para 31.
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