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41.
The Committee recommends that the State party continue its efforts to promote the
integration of persons with disabilities into the labour market, by, inter alia, allocating
employment quotas for persons with disabilities. The Committee requests the State party to
provide, in its next periodic report, disaggregated and comparative data on the impact of
these measures.
42.
The Committee urges the State party to take effective measures to prevent
occupational accidents, by, inter alia, allocating sufficient resources to strengthen the labour
inspectorate and ensuring that employers who fail to observe safety regulations are duly
sanctioned. The Committee recommends that the State party consider ratifying the ILO
Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents Convention, 1993 (No. 174).
43.
The Committee recommends that the State party adopt legislation specifically
addressing and criminalizing sexual harassment in the workplace.
44.
The Committee invites the State party to monitor regularly the minimum wage and
adjust it to the cost of living, to ensure that the minimum wage enables workers and their
families to enjoy an adequate standard of living, in accordance with article 7 (a) (ii) of the
Covenant.
45.
The Committee calls upon the State party to ensure that targeted social assistance
dependent on family income is guaranteed to all disadvantaged and marginalized individuals
and their families, and that such assistance does not fall below subsistence level. The
Committee recommends the State party to review, and adjust when necessary, the current
coverage and length of unemployment benefit provision, particularly in relation to the
consumer price index and the average length of unemployment, and to include in its next
report detailed information on the extent to which unemployment benefit and social security
assistance guarantee a decent standard of living for unemployed workers and their families.
The Committee further recommends that the State party consider ratifying the ILO Social
Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102).
46.
The Committee recommends that the State party consider adopting specific
legislation on domestic violence and criminalizing acts of domestic violence. The Committee
requests the State party to provide in its next periodic report the legislative and policy
measures adopted by the State party to address domestic violence, including facilities and
remedies provided for victims. The Committee also recommends the State party to undertake
information campaigns in order to increase public awareness and to provide training to law
enforcement officials and judges on the serious and criminal nature of domestic violence.
47.
The Committee calls on the State party to strengthen its measures to combat
trafficking in persons, through allocation of sufficient resources and by vigorously pursuing
enforcement of criminal laws in this regard. The State party is also encouraged to undertake
training programmes for law enforcement officials and the judiciary to ensure that they are
sensitized to the rights and needs of victims, to provide better protection and appropriate care
for them, and to ensure that these persons can claim redress before courts of law.
48.
The Committee recommends that the State party undertake urgent and effective
measures to address problems faced by children living and/or working on the street, and to