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measures such as electroconvulsive therapy and psychotropic drugs, and on complaints
against such special measures (art. 16).
The Committee recommends that the State party establish close supervision and
monitoring by the judicial organs of any placements in psychiatric institutions and
ensure that all places where mental-health patients are held for involuntary treatment
are regularly visited by independent monitoring bodies to guarantee the proper
implementation of the existing safeguards. Furthermore, the State party should ensure
the full and timely implementation of the recommendations made by the Ombudsman
and other monitoring bodies in this regard. The Committee also recommends that the
State party undertake a serious review of the application of electroconvulsive
treatment (ECT), and any other treatment which could be in violation of the
Convention.
Violence against women and children, including domestic violence
(15) While noting the legal and administrative measures undertaken by the State party to
combat gender-based violence and violence against children, the Committee remains
concerned about the prevalence of violence against women and girls (see concluding
observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,
CEDAW/C/SVN/CO/4, para. 23). The Committee is also concerned that corporal
punishment of children remains lawful at home (arts. 2, 12 and 16).
The Committee recommends that the State party enhance its efforts to prevent,
prosecute and punish all forms of violence against women and children, including
domestic violence, and ensure effective and full implementation of the existing laws
and the national strategies adopted to that end, including the National Programme of
Family Violence Prevention for the period 2009–2014. The Committee also
recommends that the State party accelerate the adoption of the draft Marriage and
Family Act, which prohibits corporal punishment of children in the home (see
concluding observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child,
CRC/C/15/Add.230, para. 40). Furthermore, the State party is encouraged to conduct
broader awareness-raising campaigns and training on domestic violence for law
enforcement agencies, judges, lawyers and social workers who are in direct contact
with the victims and for the public at large.
Trafficking in persons
(16) The Committee welcomes the amendments of the Penal Code introducing human
trafficking as a crime and increasing the punishment for such acts as well as the policies
aiming at raising awareness, protecting victims and prosecuting perpetrators. However, the
Committee remains concerned that trafficking of women for prostitution continues to be a
problem in Slovenia and that measures to protect and assist victims are project-based and
not institutionalized and regrets the lack of information on the number of cases where the
victims received redress, including compensation (arts. 2, 4 and 16).
The State party should strengthen its efforts to combat trafficking in persons,
especially in women and children, in particular by:
(a)
Continuing its efforts to raise awareness for all law enforcement
personnel, judges and prosecutors on trafficking in persons;
(b)
Prosecuting perpetrators under the relevant provision of the Penal Code
and ensuring that all victims of trafficking obtain effective redress, including
compensation and rehabilitation; and
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