CHAPTER 4 - REPORT OF THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS WORKING GROUP (vii) Focus on offenders The Government/Council should enhance measures to identify and capture human traffickers. Civil servants found to be ‘agents’ of human trafficking should be dealt with seriously. (viii) Bilateral cooperation The Commission agrees with the recommendation of the RTD that enforcement agencies represented in the Council should draw up and implement a SOP in handling cases involving foreign victims/offenders, including transmitting information to the relevant diplomatic missions. Apart from increasing cooperation from the missions, the SOP would assist Malaysia in realising its commitment under the Vienna Convention to inform the relevant consul. As an immediate measure, it is recommended that the Council holds a meeting with diplomatic missions to raise awareness of Malaysia’s mechanisms and to discuss ways to eliminate the ‘disconnect’ between the two parties. (ix) Role of diplomatic missions They should ensure that assistance is available to the Malaysian Government, to be transmitted to their nationals who are victims of trafficking. For instance, interpretation assistance could be provided. It is recommended that an agreement be established between the Government and the diplomatic missions, outlining their respective roles in dealing with victims and offenders. (c) In-house Training on ATIP The Commission’s officers participated in this session on 30 July. The knowledge gained will help them resolve complaints and in conducting research. The trainers were Mr Muhd Khair Razman Mohamed Annuar from the Council for ATIP and Ms Lee Soo Choo from TENAGANITA. They took the participants through the key issues, the ATIP Act, response mechanisms in Malaysia, and how human trafficking affects human rights. (d) ATIP Brochure and Training On 28 September, the Commission launched its brochure on ATIP to raise public awareness of human trafficking, as well as avenues of assistance for victims. The brochure, in Malay and English, also highlights the rights of victims. The brochures have been distributed to Government agencies, diplomatic missions, NGOs and members of the public. At the time of writing, the brochures are being translated into Tamil, Mandarin, Tagalog, Sinhala, Thai and the Myanmar language. The ECOSOCWG also began preparations to conduct training for enforcement agencies on screening and identifying victims of human trafficking in early 2011. 68