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(a)
To revise article 336 of the Penal Code and define the crime of rape as
sexual intercourse without consent;
(b)
To develop adequate systems of investigation of cases of sexual
exploitation and of recovery for the victims;
(c)
To prosecute and sanction all perpetrators of sexual violence and
exploitation, including teachers and ensure that judges and law-enforcement
authorities take all appropriate measures to bring the perpetrators to justice and
provide them with sentences commensurate to their crime;
(d)
To take active measures to combat sexual violence and harassment in
schools by organizing nationwide communications programmes and strengthen the
recruitment of female teachers who provide valuable role models for young girls and
reduce the probability of abuse by teachers;
(e)
To encourage school and health services to detect and report evidence of
abuse and establish clear reporting systems for cases of violence in schools; and
(f)
To undertake awareness-raising programs, including campaigns,
particularly for children, parents and other caregivers in order to prevent
stigmatization of children victims of sexual exploitation and abuse; and
(g)
To ensure that programmes and policies for the prevention, recovery
and reintegration of child victims are in accordance with the outcome documents
adopted at the 1996, 2001 and 2008 World Congresses against Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children, held in Stockholm, Yokohama and Rio de Janiero.
Sale, trafficking and abduction
77.
The Committee welcomes Act No. 09-01 of 25 February 2009 which criminalizes
trafficking in persons and increases penalties for offenders who traffic children. The
Committee is however concerned that limited measures have been taken to enforce the new
anti-trafficking law and that the State party continues to consider trafficking victims
including children as illegal migrants and to deport them, sometimes in conditions that
threaten their lives. The Committee is particularly concerned that:
(a)
There has been no investigation or prosecution for trafficking offences, or
conviction or punishment of trafficking offenders during the year 2010 and that some
traffickers reportedly benefit from the complicity of some members the Algerian police;
(b)
Child victims of trafficking may be jailed for unlawful acts committed as a
result of their being trafficked, such as engaging in prostitution or lacking adequate
immigration documentation;
(c)
There are no Government-operated shelters for victims of trafficking and
civil society is prohibited from operating any such shelters because they would be penalized
for harbouring undocumented migrants;
(d)
The State party does not provide children with assistance for their physical
and psychological recovery and their social reintegration; and
(e)
Legal alternatives to removal to countries where victims may face retribution
or hardship are not provided by the State party.
78.
The Committee urges the State party to take all necessary measures for the
implementation of its anti-trafficking law and in particular:
(a)
To effectively investigate trafficking cases and ensure that perpetrators
and their accomplices are brought to justice;
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