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on the causes, consequences and incidences of trafficking and other forms of
exploitation;
(d)
Adopt a National Action Plan for combating human trafficking
and ensure that programs and measures are put in place for treating
children victims of trafficking; and
(e)
Increase cooperation by the police and the Agency for
Coordination of Protection of Human Trafficking Victims with NGOs
working against human trafficking.
Kosovo
22. In considering Serbia’s initial report, the Committee takes note of the State party’s
explanation of its inability to report on the discharge of its implementation with regard to
the Convention in Kosovo, owing to the fact that civil authority is exercised in Kosovo by
the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).
Data collection
23. The Committee requests the State party to provide in its next periodic report detailed
statistical data, disaggregated by crime, ethnicity, age and sex, on complaints relating to
torture and ill-treatment allegedly committed by law enforcement officials; on the related
investigations, prosecutions, and penal or disciplinary sanctions; and on pre-trial
detainees and convicted prisoners. The Committee further requests information on
compensation and rehabilitation provided to the victims.
24. The Committee invites the State party to become a party to the core 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
and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Committee invites the
State party to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from
Enforced Disappearance.
25. The Committee stresses that its recommendations derived from its review of Serbia and
Montenegro under its inquiry procedure pursuant to article 20 are subject to follow-up. In
this sense, the Committee reiterates its recommendations (A/59/44, paras. 213 (a) to (t))
and requests the State party to update the Committee with relevant information regarding
steps taken to comply with its recommendations in its next periodic report.
26. The Committee is encouraged by the oral information provided during the consideration
of the State party’s report with respect to outstanding follow-up information on individual
communications, under article 22 of the Convention. The Committee notes that a new law
provides for the reconsideration of a case on the basis of a decision of an international
body established by an international treaty and welcomes a written response to the
requests for specific follow-up to the Committee’s views and compliance with the
recommendations.