A/RES/73/146
Trafficking in women and girls
such agreements and initiatives are particularly responsive to the problem of human
trafficking as it affects women and girls;
26. Calls upon all Governments to criminalize all forms of human trafficking,
recognizing its increasing occurrence for the purpose of sexual exploitation,
commercial sexual exploitation and abuse, sex tourism and forced labour, and to bring
to justice and punish the offenders and inter mediaries involved, including public
officials involved with human trafficking, whether local or foreign, through the
competent national authorities, either in the country of origin of the offender or in the
country in which the abuse occurs, in accordance with the due process of law, as well
as to penalize persons in authority found guilty of sexually assaulting victims of
human trafficking in their custody;
27. Urges Governments, in accordance with their respective legal systems, to
take all appropriate measures, including through policies and legislation, to ensure
that victims of human trafficking are protected from prosecution or punishment for
acts those victims have been compelled to commit as a direct consequence of having
been subjected to human trafficking and that the victims do not suffer from
revictimization as a result of actions taken by Government authorities, and encourages
Governments to prevent, within their legal framework and in accordance with
national policies, victims of human trafficking from being prosecuted or punished as
a direct consequence of their illegal entry or residence;
28. Invites Governments to consider establishing or strengthening a national
mechanism, with the participation of civil society, as appropriate, includin g
non-governmental organizations, such as women’s organizations, and survivors of
human trafficking, to ensure a holistic and coordinated approach to anti-trafficking
policies and measures, to encourage the exchange of information and to report on
data, underlying causes, factors and trends in human trafficking, especially trafficking
in women and girls, and to include data on victims of human trafficking disaggregated
by sex, age and other relevant factors;
29. Invites the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women
and children, to continue to cooperate with international, regional and national
mechanisms to combat human trafficking, in consultation with Governments, relevant
treaty bodies, special procedures, the specialized agencies, intergovernmental
organizations, civil society, including non-governmental organizations, national
human rights institutions and other sources, including victims of human trafficking
or their representatives, as appropriate;
30. Encourages Governments and relevant United Nations bodies, from within
existing resources, to take appropriate measures to raise public awareness of the issue
of human trafficking, particularly trafficking in women and girls, including the factors
that make women and girls vulnerable to human trafficking, to discourage, with a
view to eliminating, the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation, including
sexual exploitation and forced labour, to publicize the laws, regulations and penalties
relating to this issue and to emphasize that human trafficking is a serious crime;
31. Calls upon concerned Governments to allocate resources, as appropriate,
to provide access to appropriate programmes for the physical, psychological and
social recovery of victims of human trafficking, including sexual and reproductive
health-care services that include affordable treatment, care and support services for
HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections, free of stigma and discrimination, as
well as comprehensive information and voluntary counselling, and to take measures
to cooperate with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to provide
for the social, medical and psychological care of the victims in ways that protect their
privacy and identity;
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