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Trafficking in human beings
31.
While noting with satisfaction legislative measures taken in the field of trafficking in human
beings and the adoption of a National Plan of Action on Trafficking for 2006-2008, the Committee
remains concerned at the prevalence of the phenomenon in the State party (arts. 2, 7, 12 and 16).
As recommended by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against
Women in 2007 (CEDAW/C/KAZ/CO/2, para. 18), the State party should ensure
that legislation on trafficking is fully enforced and that the National Plan of
Action is fully implemented. The State party should also continue its efforts to
investigate, prosecute, convict and punish persons found responsible, including
government officials complicit in trafficking.
Data Collection
32.
While noting that some statistics have been provided, the Committee regrets the lack of
comprehensive and disaggregated data on complaints, investigations, prosecutions and convictions of
cases of torture and ill-treatment by law enforcement officials, as well as on the incidence of
trafficking and sexual violence and on the number of prosecutions of persons in this connection. The
Committee notes also the insufficient information on the training provided to law enforcement officials
as regards the provisions of the Convention.
The State party should provide detailed statistical data in its next periodic report,
disaggregated by gender, ethnicity or nationality, age, geographical region and type and
location of place of deprivation of liberty, on complaints related to cases of torture and
other ill-treatment, including those rejected by the courts, as well as related
investigations, prosecutions and disciplinary and penal sanctions, and on the
compensation and rehabilitation provided to the victims. The State party should also
provide further information on the incidence of trafficking and sexual violence, as well as
on training provided to all State’s officials regarding the provisions of the Convention.
33.
The State party is encouraged to consider becoming 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 State party is also encouraged to ratify the International Convention
for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
34.
The Committee invites the State party to submit its core document in accordance with the
requirements of the common core document in the harmonized guidelines on reporting, as approved by
the international human rights treaty bodies and contained in document HRI/GEN/2/Rev.5.
35.
The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the reports it submitted to the Committee,
its replies to the list of issues and the concluding observations of the Committee, in all appropriate
languages, through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
36. The Committee requests the State party to provide, within one year, information on its response to
the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 7, 9, 18 and 29 above.