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reproductive and sexual health services and psychosocial assistance, and safe
accommodation for victims of trafficking, regardless of the migration status of victims
and without such assistance being conditional on cooperation in criminal justice
proceedings;
(i)
Ensure that the rights of victims of trafficking with disabilities are
respected and fulfilled, through accessible information, assistance and protection
services, and measures to ensure effective access to justice. Such assistance and
protection measures should not be conditional on cooperation with criminal justice
investigations;
(j)
Ensure effective access to asylum and other forms of international
protection, without discrimination on grounds of migration status, nationality, race or
other grounds, and pathways of admission and stay, recognizing the humanitarian
needs and rights of victims of trafficking and persons at risk of trafficking;
(k)
Provide access to statelessness determination procedures and grant legal
status and protection to stateless victims of trafficking and persons at risk of trafficking;
(l)
Recalling the importance of partnerships with civil society actors, ensure
an enabling environment for civil society and human rights defenders, recognizing their
significant role in search and rescue, the provision of assistance to victims of trafficking
and persons at risk of trafficking and the prevention of trafficking at sea;
(m) Provide legal aid and early legal assistance on disembarkation to
trafficking victims, strengthening access to justice for all, taking into account age,
gender and disability, among other relevant factors;
(n)
Ensure provision of sufficient financial and other resources for host
communities, local authorities in ports and coastal areas where disembarkations take
place, to ensure protection of the rights of victims of trafficking, including adequate
resourcing of child protection services, and dedicated accommodation for victims;
(o)
Take all necessary measures to identify, assist and protect child victims of
trafficking and children at risk of trafficking, in accordance with the principle of
non-discrimination, ensuring the best interests of the child as a priority in all measures
to combat trafficking. Such measures should include ensuring effective access to child
protection services on disembarkation. For unaccompanied and separated children,
such measures must include timely appointment of guardians, safe accommodation,
legal assistance, access to asylum or other international protection, rights-based family
reunification, child-sensitive investigations and access to justice. In cases of disputes
about age, a presumption of childhood should operate;
(p)
Ensure provision of trained and qualified professional staff among
members of the naval forces, coastguards and other entities responsible for
coordinating or conducting rescue at sea, to identify victims of trafficking in a timely
manner and ensure access to assistance and protection services, without discrimination;
(q)
Ensure that the rights of victims of trafficking to privacy are ensured,
respecting international human rights law;
(r)
Recalling that trafficking in persons is a form of gender-based violence,
and a form of sexual violence in conflict, and recalling Security Council resolution 2467
(2019), ensure the provision of survivor-centred measures to combat trafficking in
persons, assistance to and protection of victims and persons at risk, as well as
meaningful engagement with survivors in the design and implementation of such
measures;
(s)
Strengthen measures to ensure effective investigations of the serious
human rights violation and serious crime of trafficking in persons, recalling that
trafficking in persons is also an international crime and ensuring investigations into
State and non-State actors who may be engaged in or complicit in trafficking in persons;
(t)
Where material or other assistance and resources are provided to States
to carry out search and rescue operations, ensure that all measures are taken to comply
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