• provisions for the granting of asylum and access to authorities concerned including the opportunity to contact a representative of the UNHCR. Provision should also be made for asylum visas for victims who provide information to police or who testify in criminal prosecutions. 11. NHRIs should develop and conduct awareness programmes with agencies that deal with victims of trafficking, including NHRC officials, premised on an approach that takes into account the human rights of victims as well as the law enforcement issues involved. 12. NHRIs should encourage governments to assign officers of integrity, a substantial number of who are female officers, to the border Police and regular Police within the border district of both host and Source State. A legal consultant may be retained on a fixed-term contract to identify and resolve any legal hurdles that serve as barriers to successful prosecution of trafficking cases. 13. NHRIs should encourage governments to hold biannual meetings between the Coordinators, the District Superintendents of Police from the border districts, and officers from the Interpol Divisions of the Intelligence Bureau of countries to exchange information and co-ordinate anti-trafficking enforcement efforts. 14. NHRIs should develop comprehensive strategies to monitor on fortnightly basis crossborder operations and prepare quarterly reports on cross-border enforcement activities for the respective Home Ministries, NHRIs and OHCHR. These reports shall serve as the basis for agenda items to be included in the regular meetings between respective Home Secretaries. 15. NHRIs should encourage governments to establish a pilot witness protection programme, which could operate under the expertise of personnel from the NHRC and relevant NGO networks. 16. NHRIs should use their expertise in human rights to assist governments in drawing up guidelines/codes of conduct to combat discrimination on the basis of actual, perceived or suspected HIV status in its dealings with victims of trafficking. These codes should translate human rights principles into codes of professional responsibility and practice, with accompanying mechanisms to implement and enforce these codes. 17. NHRIs should encourage and assist governments to develop and incorporate within the National Plans of Action on Trafficking measures to combat HIV/AIDS, which incorporate international human rights standards. These measures should be participatory and transparent. 95