A/HRC/14/30/Add.2 inter-ministerial working group. NAATP is also the technical secretariat of a number of inter-ministerial groups on issues pertaining to trafficking in children. 66. The Government cooperates with stakeholders to build public awareness of the risks involved in trafficking in persons, conduct research and training programmes for targeted groups and improve services offered to victims, including the State-administered system for the protection, rehabilitation, and social reintegration of victims of domestic and international trafficking. 5. The protection of children in the context of migration 67. The National Authority for the Protection of Children’s Rights is the central body established under the authority of the Ministry of Labour. Its main responsibilities include the coordination and control of children’s rights-related activities in Romania. 68. The institutional structure for the protection of children left behind, inter alia, by migrating parents, includes the National Authority at the central level, the General Departments of Social Assistance and Child protection at the municipality level and the Public Social Assistance Services within municipalities. Representatives of the general departments of social assistance and child protection can access corporate bodies’ offices and private homes to verify cases of child abuse and neglect. 69. Law No. 272 of 2004 on the protection and promotion of the rights of the child provides the general legal framework for governmental intervention in cases of children at risk, which includes children left behind. Pursuant to Order No. 219 of 2006, local authorities are responsible for identifying cases of children left behind, while parents migrating for labour abroad have the obligation to inform local authorities of their departure and the child’s social welfare guardianship arrangements. 70. The National Authority for the Protection of Children’s Rights coordinates and oversees the implementation of plans, programmes and activities on the prevention of child trafficking as well as on the protection and assistance of child victims of trafficking. In that capacity, it chairs the working sub-group for the prevention of and fight against trafficking, formed by experts from different ministries and central authorities, civil society and international organizations such as UNICEF and IOM (Government Decision No. 1295 of 2004 and Joint Order No. 123-429 of 2004). IV. Good practices 71. During his visit, the Special Rapporteur was informed of a number of good practices of cooperation between various stakeholders, which show their commitment to work towards strengthening the protection of human rights of migrants. A. Enhancing cooperation between migrants’ countries of origin and destination 72. The Special Rapporteur appreciates the interest of Romania in strengthening partnerships with countries of origin and destination of migrants as co-responsible actors in mainstreaming human rights into migration governance. He welcomes cooperation, for example, between Romania and the Republic of Moldova. He also welcomes cooperation between Germany and Romania through a project initiated in 2007, aimed at promoting sustainable development in the field of asylum and migration in the Republic of Moldova. 14 GE.10-12102

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