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Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in 1996 and 2001
respectively; and
(e)
Collaborate with relevant NGOs and seek technical assistance from, inter
alia, UNICEF.
Trafficking
68.
While welcoming the various measures taken to address the problem of trafficking in
persons, including the adoption of a new anti-trafficking law in April 2006, the National Action
Plan regarding the Fight against Trafficking in Persons in Georgia (2007-2008) and the
establishment of an inter-agency Anti-trafficking Council, the Committee remains concerned that
insufficient legal guarantees exist to ensure that child victims of trafficking are not penalized,
and that insufficient attention has been paid to the particular vulnerabilities of orphans, children
working and living in the street and internally displaced children to trafficking and other forms
of exploitation.
69.
The Committee recommends that the State party continue and strengthen its efforts
to prevent and combat child trafficking. In this regard, the Committee encourages the
State party to:
(a)
Improve the system of monitoring and evaluation of policies, programmes
and projects, with particular attention to vulnerable groups of children;
(b)
Ensure that all trafficking cases are investigated and that perpetrators are
charged and punished;
(c)
Ensure that child victims of trafficking are protected and not criminalized
and that they are provided with adequate recovery and social reintegration services and
programmes;
(d)
Seek to establish further bilateral agreements and subregional multilateral
agreements with countries concerned, including neighbouring countries, to prevent the
sale, trafficking and abduction of children; and
(e)
Continue its cooperation with, inter alia, UNICEF and the International
Organization for Migration (IOM).
Administration of juvenile justice
70.
While noting that that a reform of the criminal justice system is currently underway, the
Committee is concerned that the Convention does not appear to be adequately reflected in
guiding documents on the State reform of the criminal justice system, for example, the
“Implementation Plan for the Strategy of Criminal Justice Reforms in Georgia, 12 June 2006”. In
particular, the Committee is concerned about: