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(f)
The lack of public awareness about the unlawful nature of trafficking in
women and children; and
(g)
The lack of proactive efforts by the State party to reduce the demand for
sexual exploitation and forced labour of children or to identify trafficking victims among
children in vulnerable situations.
78.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Criminalize all forms of trafficking in children, including cases not
involving movement, in accordance with the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish
Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime;
(b)
Ensure that cases of trafficking in children, including internal
trafficking, are effectively investigated and prosecuted and that sentences
commensurate with the seriousness of those acts are imposed on perpetrators;
(c)
Strengthen efforts to train law enforcement officers on the identification
of trafficking cases and on the strict application of relevant criminal law provisions;
(d)
Facilitate access to justice and provide compensation for child victims of
trafficking, and ensure their referral to the asylum procedure;
(e)
Enhance victim protection and assistance, by establishing shelters
specifically designed for trafficking victims, including children, funding for NGOs
providing specialized care to child victims of trafficking, and assistance to reintegrate
victims into their communities;
(f)
Raise public awareness about the causes and consequences, the unlawful
nature, and the need to report acts of child trafficking and sex acts with children,
including through the Internet; and
(g)
Establish a comprehensive and reliable national data-collection system to
ensure systematic monitoring and evaluation of systems, services, programmes and
outcomes based on indicators aligned with universal standards and adjusted for and
guided by locally established goals and objectives, and maintain a registry on cases of
trafficking in children.
Sale of children and child pornography
79.
In line with its concluding observations on the State party’s initial report under the
Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
(CRC/C/OPSC/CRI/CO/1), the Committee reiterates its concern that possession of child
pornography is not fully covered by the State party’s Penal Code, although a draft law (No.
14568) has been submitted to the Legislative Assembly to that effect. The Committee also
regrets that draft law No. 14204, which was submitted to the Legislative Assembly for the
introduction of extraterritorial jurisdiction for sexual crimes against children committed
outside the State party’s territory, has not yet been approved and that, consequently, the
State party has not yet established jurisdiction for the prosecution of offences covered by
the Optional Protocol where such an offence has been committed outside its territory.
80.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Take the necessary measures, e.g. by adopting draft law No. 14568, to
ensure that possession of child pornography is fully covered by its Penal Code, in
accordance with article 3, paragraph 1 (c), of the Optional Protocol on the sale of
children, child prostitution and child pornography. Such crimes should include the
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