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74. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Ensure that children are enrolled in school and are protected from the
harmful effects of child labour;
(b) Continue and strengthen efforts and structures to eliminate child labour
and its worst forms by, inter alia, enforcing the Convention concerning the
Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child
Labour, 1999 (No. 182) of the International Labour Organization (ILO), ensuring
effective monitoring and imposing penalties in case of violations of the provisions
related to child labour;
(c) Collect updated and reliable data on working children disaggregated by,
inter alia, age, sex, ethnic, socio-economic background and province, including those
who work in the informal sector, inter alia, as domestic workers, and in sectors of high
risk, such as tobacco and “mate” herb plantations, and systematically monitor their
conditions;
(d) Respect the right of the child to be heard while measures are being
developed and applied to eliminate child labour in all its forms;
(e) Seek technical assistance from the ILO/International Programme on the
Elimination of Child Labour in this regard.
Trafficking, sexual exploitation and abuse
75. The Committee welcomes the initiative of the State party for collaboration with the
neighbouring countries of Paraguay and Brazil to fight against trafficking and sexual
exploitation of children and adolescents in the border region of the three countries. The
Committee notes the Programme for the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons and
Assistance for its Victims, as well as the creation in 2005 of a unit within the Human Rights
Secretariat to promote the eradication of sexual exploitation of children. It regrets however
the absence of coordination between different governmental and non-governmental bodies,
as acknowledged by the State party. The Committee further is concerned about the lenient
sentences for perpetrators of trafficking, which could lead to impunity.
76. The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Implement the National Plan of Action with regard to trafficking, sexual
exploitation and abuse;
(b)
Strengthen legislative measures to address the issues of sexual abuse and
sexual exploitation;
(c)
Take appropriate measures to ensure the prompt prosecution of
perpetrators of sexual offences against children;
(d)
Ensure that child victims of sexual exploitation or abuse are not
criminalized or penalized;
(e)
Continue to implement appropriate policies and programmes for
prevention and the recovery and social reintegration of child victims, in accordance
with the Declaration and Agenda for Action and the Global Commitment adopted at
the 1996, 2001 and 2008 World Congresses against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children, as well as the outcomes of other international conferences on this issue.
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