A/HRC/38/41/Add.1 (g) Fully take into account the recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission and consult the Commission in its work on migrants; (h) Standardize contracts for migrant workers within different sectors and at different skill levels. Labour contracts based on such a standardized model should specify the job description, wages and labour conditions. Access to justice 107. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Ensure that barriers to accessing justice are removed so that effective access is available to legal remedy for violations of migrant workers’ rights in the context of recruitment practices and labour migration, including through decentralization of the system; (b) Repeal the relevant legislation so that migrant workers are recognized as rights holders, with defined enforceable rights and associated remedies, while granting the police more investigative powers for complaints concerning abuse and exploitation in the recruitment process, and ensure victims have access to the formal judicial system; (c) Strengthen the capacity of the independent judiciary, including at the local level, to provide access to justice for migrant workers who have been exploited by recruiters and punish perpetrators in a way that creates real and lasting disincentives for the mistreatment of migrants; (d) Enhance understanding through increased capacity-building, including at the local level, concerning trafficking for labour exploitation. The extension of an invitation for a country visit to the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children or the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences could be relevant in that regard; (e) Make all the services necessary for ensuring effective access to justice for all migrant workers in destination countries easily available, such as legal aid, interpretation and translation services, information about their rights and available remedies, and humanitarian visas to return to destination countries to testify and otherwise pursue justice. Bilateral agreements between countries of origin and destination should address the provision of such services. Empowering migrants through information and support 108. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Decentralize the institutional mechanisms of foreign employment to ensure access to services and rights for all migrants; (b) Increase, improve and decentralize pre-departure training and information, including on rights and redress mechanisms, promote informed decisionmaking and enhance the skill levels of prospective migrants, including language and general skills; (c) Make the protection of migrants a priority concern for diplomatic missions in destination States and strengthen welfare services and consular assistance, ensuring that diplomatic missions are adequately staffed and that staff are properly trained to deal with all issues faced by migrant workers. Nepalese diplomatic missions in destination States should play a more proactive role in protecting their own nationals against abuse and be properly equipped to provide assistance to those in need. They should have female officers to deal with cases of sexual abuse, provide a local hotline free of charge 24 hours a day 7 days a week, establish a roster of competent local lawyers able to help Nepalese migrants with legal issues, and conduct frequent visits to migrant detention centres, worksites and workers’ accommodation; (d) Facilitate the repatriation of migrants in need, including those who have escaped from abusive employers or have ended up in an irregular situation, in 19

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