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inter-ministerial working group. NAATP is also the technical secretariat of a number of
inter-ministerial groups on issues pertaining to trafficking in children.
66.
The Government cooperates with stakeholders to build public awareness of the risks
involved in trafficking in persons, conduct research and training programmes for targeted
groups and improve services offered to victims, including the State-administered system for
the protection, rehabilitation, and social reintegration of victims of domestic and
international trafficking.
5.
The protection of children in the context of migration
67.
The National Authority for the Protection of Children’s Rights is the central body
established under the authority of the Ministry of Labour. Its main responsibilities include
the coordination and control of children’s rights-related activities in Romania.
68.
The institutional structure for the protection of children left behind, inter alia, by
migrating parents, includes the National Authority at the central level, the General
Departments of Social Assistance and Child protection at the municipality level and the
Public Social Assistance Services within municipalities. Representatives of the general
departments of social assistance and child protection can access corporate bodies’ offices
and private homes to verify cases of child abuse and neglect.
69.
Law No. 272 of 2004 on the protection and promotion of the rights of the child
provides the general legal framework for governmental intervention in cases of children at
risk, which includes children left behind. Pursuant to Order No. 219 of 2006, local
authorities are responsible for identifying cases of children left behind, while parents
migrating for labour abroad have the obligation to inform local authorities of their departure
and the child’s social welfare guardianship arrangements.
70.
The National Authority for the Protection of Children’s Rights coordinates and
oversees the implementation of plans, programmes and activities on the prevention of child
trafficking as well as on the protection and assistance of child victims of trafficking. In that
capacity, it chairs the working sub-group for the prevention of and fight against trafficking,
formed by experts from different ministries and central authorities, civil society and
international organizations such as UNICEF and IOM (Government Decision No. 1295 of
2004 and Joint Order No. 123-429 of 2004).
IV. Good practices
71.
During his visit, the Special Rapporteur was informed of a number of good practices
of cooperation between various stakeholders, which show their commitment to work
towards strengthening the protection of human rights of migrants.
A.
Enhancing cooperation between migrants’ countries of origin and
destination
72.
The Special Rapporteur appreciates the interest of Romania in strengthening
partnerships with countries of origin and destination of migrants as co-responsible actors in
mainstreaming human rights into migration governance. He welcomes cooperation, for
example, between Romania and the Republic of Moldova. He also welcomes cooperation
between Germany and Romania through a project initiated in 2007, aimed at promoting
sustainable development in the field of asylum and migration in the Republic of Moldova.
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