CRC/C/PAN/CO/3-4 No. 6 (2005) on the treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin. The Committee also encourages the State party to seek technical assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Economic exploitation, including child labour 66. The Committee is concerned that State authorities continue to apply the Constitutional provision of 14 years as the minimum age for admission to employment, despite the existence of Law 17/2000, which establishes a higher standard of 15 years. It is also concerned at the existence of legal provisions that allow the State party to grant permits for children from 12 to 14 years to work in agriculture and domestic service. The Committee reiterates its concern at the high numbers of children aged between 5 and 17 years old who are working, despite the measures taken by the State party to combat child labour, such as the establishment of the Committee for the Eradication of Child Labour and the Protection of Young Workers (CETIPPAT). It is also concerned that the State party has no effective labour inspection system and other mechanisms to protect children who work and do not have identification document or legal identity. 67. The Committee recommends that the State party take the necessary steps to harmonize its legislative framework with the international standards established in ILO Convention No. 138 related to the minimum age of employment; and, to ensure that authorities respect and implement Law 17/2000. The Committee reiterates its recommendation, in line with Human Rights Committee recommendations of 2008 (CCPR/C/PAN/CO/3, para. 20), that the State party adopt measures to ensure the full application of the law aimed at eradicating child labour, and establish an effective labour inspection system and other monitoring and enforcement mechanisms. The Committee further recommends that the State party strengthen the mechanisms to protect children who work and who have no identification document or legal identity. Sexual exploitation 68. The Committee is concerned at the lack of information on the implementation of the National Plan for the Prevention and Elimination of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. The Committee takes note of the US$ 1 airport tax for programmes to prevent and protect children from sexual exploitation, but remains concerned as to how this fund is allocated. 69. The Committee recommends that the State party policies and programmes for the prevention, recovery and reintegration of child victims of sexual exploitation and abuse, including the National Plan, are in accordance with the outcome documents adopted at the 1996, 2001 and 2008 World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children held in Stockholm, Yokohama and Rio de Janeiro. The Committee further recommends that the State party allocate sufficient budgetary and administrative resources, using among others the proceeds of the US$ 1 airport tax, to the National Commission for the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation Offences so that it can fulfil its mandate and implement the National Plan and related programmes. Sale and trafficking 70. The Committee takes note of the State party’s commitment, under the 2010 universal periodic review process (para. 68.22), to enforce and amend the relevant legislation on trafficking in women and girls, and to adopt appropriate and efficient policies and programmes to address this situation. 14

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