CRC/C/PRY/CO/3
documents from the First, Second and Third World Congresses against Commercial
Sexual Exploitation of Children, held in 1996, 2001 and 2008, respectively;
(c)
Train law enforcement officials, social workers, judges and prosecutors
on how to receive, monitor and investigate complaints in a child-sensitive manner that
respects confidentiality; and
(d)
Prioritize recovery assistance and ensure that education and training, as
well as psychological assistance and counselling, are provided to victims.
Sale, trafficking
72.
The Committee notes with appreciation the measures adopted by the State party to
combat trafficking of children. However, it is concerned that Paraguay continues to be a
source and destination country for women and children victims of trafficking for the
purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labour.
73.
The Committee urges the State party to:
(a)
Take all measures to ensure the protection of children from international
and internal trafficking and sale;
(b)
Strengthen efforts to address the root causes of sale and trafficking,
including gender-based discrimination, poverty and the lack of access to education
and vocational training;
(c)
impunity;
Investigate and prosecute all cases of trafficking of children to avoid
(d)
Provide comprehensive social and psychological assistance to child
victims of sale and trafficking for their recovery and social reintegration;
(e)
Establish a system for collecting and disaggregating data on sale and
trafficking of children; and
(f)
Carry out awareness-raising activities in order to make both parents and
children aware of the dangers of sale and trafficking.
Helpline
74.
The Committee welcomes the inclusion of the service Fono Ayuda as a
subprogramme of the National Secretariat for Children and Young Persons. However, it is
concerned that the child helpline is not toll-free for mobile phones and not always
accessible for all children. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned at the difficulties that
this service faces regarding the transfer of calls from victims to the municipal secretariats
for the rights of childhood and adolescence owing to a lack of coordination among the
various institutions, as well as at the lack of an effective system for follow-up due to the
high number of calls received.
75.
The Committee urges the State party to:
(a)
Allocate appropriate resources to the child helpline to ensure it is tollfree from all types of phones, including mobile phones;
(b)
Raise awareness amongst children on the child helpline;
(c)
Allocate appropriate financial resources to support long-term activities
of the helpline including for training and capacity-building to meet international
quality standards;
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