RIGHTS OF THE VULNERABLE
Initiate gender-sensitive public information campaigns to raise awareness
about the nature and degree of human rights abuses experienced by
women who are trafficked and subjected to violence.
Mobilise the corporate sector, including the tourism industry, against the
use of its networks and establishments for trafficking in women.
Sponsor studies to create a reliable and relevant data base on women
vulnerable to trafficking and violence, their exploiters etc.
3)
Protection
Review, amend, strengthen and monitor implementation of laws, policies
and programmes to protect the rights of trafficked women as well as those
being subjected to violence of different kinds, bearing in mind that the
different types of perpetrators and ages and circumstances of victims
require different legal and programmatic responses. In the case of
trafficking of women, the Focal Point would ensure that the trafficked
women have the right to initiate relevant administrative and legal
proceedings against traffickers as well as obtain redressal for all harms
they have suffered and that they have full access to women-friendly
personnel and support services in all sectors, more particularly in the
legal, social and health fields.
In the case of trafficking of women, ensure that certain procedmal
protections are guaranteed before, during, and after any legal proceedings
involving the trafficked women. These protections could include, for
example, maintaining the confidentiality of legal proceedings,
encouraging prosecutors to consult with experts on trafficking, informing
trafficked women of the progress and disposition of any proceedings
against the alleged traffickers, and allowing trafficked women the
opportunity to testify by special means where live testimony may cause
harm, whether physical or psychological, to the trafficked person.
Identify, establish and strengthen networks between national and
international law enforcement authorities, including INTERPOL, and civil
society to monitor the commercial sexual exploitation of women.
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