CRC/C/CRI/CO/4 measures to combat sexual exploitation of minors, amending several provisions of the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure, incorporating the Second National Plan against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (2008–2010) as one of the priorities in the National Development Plan 2006–2010, and promoting a code of conduct to combat sexual exploitation in the tourism sector. However, it remains concerned about the limited impact of those measures, the high number of children, including children in street situations, who are victims of sexual exploitation, and the lack of coordination among institutions with regard to victim support, rehabilitation and reintegration. 76. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure effective inter-institutional coordination and allocate adequate resources for the prevention of sexual exploitation of children, including at the local level and by appropriately organizing the different sectors forming the National Child Protection System; (b) Revise and effectively implement support, rehabilitation reintegration programmes for child victims of sexual exploitation; and (c) Ensure that programmes and policies for the prevention, recovery and reintegration of child victims are in accordance with the outcome documents adopted at the 1996 and 2001 World Congresses against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children held in Stockholm and Yokohama, respectively, and the 2008 Third World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents held in Rio de Janeiro; and (d) Improve data collection and disaggregation concerning the number of child victims of sexual exploitation and abuse, the number of perpetrators convicted, and the types of assistance provided to victims. Trafficking 77. The Committee notes the State party’s efforts to combat trafficking in persons and assist victims of this crime, including children, by raising awareness and training public officials on trafficking offences; establishing the National Coalition against Illegal Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons, which prepared a national action plan on trafficking that was incorporated in the National Development Plan (2006–2010); creating an immediate response team to provide rapid responses for trafficking victims within 24 hours; and amending the Migration Act to allow for temporary residence status of migrants who are victims of trafficking. However, in line with its 2007 recommendations on the State party report under the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and pornography, the Committee notes with concern: (a) That trafficking in children for purposes of forced labour and sexual exploitation, particularly in the sex tourism industry, continues to be a serious problem in the State party; (b) in children; The absence of criminal law provisions specifically criminalizing trafficking (c) The insufficient access to the asylum procedure for victims of trafficking, the low conviction rate and lenient sentencing policy; (d) The limited impact of training for law enforcement officers on the identification of trafficking cases and the application of criminal law provisions; (e) The State party’s reliance on NGOs to provide specialized assistance to and the lack of shelters for child victims of trafficking; 18

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