DRAFT CEDAW General recommendation on Trafficking in
Women and Girls in the Context of Global Migration
a) Systematically collect comprehensive and disaggregated data on the extent and
forms of exploitation for which displaced women are trafficked;110
b) With the participation and leadership of displaced women, develop policies and
programmes to address existing and new risk factors which increase the
vulnerability of displaced women to being trafficked;111
c) Identify potential trafficking “hotspots” along routes linked to forced
displacement and monitor them consistently in order to put prevention and
response measures in place;
d) Integrate anti-trafficking measures into conflict and disaster readiness and
response plans, including as a result of global warming, climate-change induced
and natural disasters;
e) Adopt a comprehensive gender-sensitive and rights-based migration and refugee
policy that takes into consideration the vulnerability of displaced women to
trafficking;112
f) Raise awareness among displaced women and girls about all forms of
trafficking;113
g) Address issues of vulnerability that are faced by families and particularly women
and girls, including economic insecurity, misconceptions about family pride and
girls’ safety, access to education and livelihoods;
h) Train law enforcement agents, including police and border control officers, on the
risks faced by displaced women to trafficking; 114
i) Adopt a policy and legislative framework to provide comprehensive protection
and assistance to displaced women at risk of trafficking;115
j) Prevent trafficking in all accommodation facilities for displaced persons,
including by improving women’s security situation both within and around
facilities, through means such as patrolling of police officers, including female
officers, ensuring adequate lighting and access to sanitary facilities, and
establishing resource centres for women in their vicinity.116
43.
Provide forcibly displaced women with appropriate and sufficient reception
facilities and services by reflecting gender sensitivity in arrangements for arrivals at
land, air and sea borders, including the provision of safe accommodation and
adequate treatment taking into consideration the specific needs of victims of
trafficking. 117
44.
Ensure all women are treated with dignity and that their rights are respected,
protected and fulfilled under the Convention at each stage of the displacement cycle,
110
para. 15(a), CEDAW/C/BFA/CO/7; para. 11(b), CEDAW/C/NER/CO/3-4; para. 12(c),
CEDAW/C/LBN/CO/4-5; para. 26(f), CEDAW/C/PHL/CO/7-8.
111
General recommendation No. 37 (2018) (CEDAW/C/GC/37), para. 57.
112
General recommendation No. 30 (2013) (CEDAW/C/GC/30), para. 41(c).
113
para. R(c), CEDAW/C/LIE/CO/4.
114
para. R(c), CEDAW/C/LIE/CO/4.
115
para. 45(c), CEDAW/C/HND/CO/7-8; para. 9(c), CEDAW/C/ERI/CO/5; para. 38,
CEDAW/C/SVN/CO/5-6.
116
para. 49(a), CEDAW/C/RWA/CO/7-9; para. 49(c), CEDAW/C/RWA/CO/7-9; para. 40,
CEDAW/C/URY/CO/8-9.
117
General recommendation No. 32 (2014) (CEDAW/C/GC/32), para. 34; para. 37(b),
CEDAW/C/ESP/CO/7-8; para. 39(a), CEDAW/C/ARM/CO/5-6; para. 37(c), CEDAW/C/ESP/CO/7-8.
See also: OSCE/ Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in
Human Beings, From Reception to Recognition: Identifying and Protecting Human Trafficking Victims
in Mixed Migration Flows. A Focus on First Identification and Reception Facilities for
Refugees and Migrants in the OSCE Region (Vienna 2017).
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