consider complementary approaches to the current criminal justice approach. In particular the Committee recommended the Australian Government: improve coordination among government agencies involved in responses review the return and reintegration of trafficking survivors procedures and develop guidelines for repatriation for police and other relevant personnel review the accommodation available for women trafficked into Australia with a view to offering more options and reducing stress on the survivors undertake an impact assessment of the Bali Process in order to ensure the sustainability of its networking among the countries under this project evaluate and monitor the Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project (ARTIP) continue providing assistance to member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for improving investigation and judicial process in cases of trafficking in human beings. The Human Rights Committee in its review of Australia in 2009 noted that, despite the positive measures adopted by Australia, trafficking in human beings, especially women, persists in Australia. The Committee recommended the Australian Government strengthen its measures to prevent and eradicate trafficking in human beings, including by adopting a comprehensive strategy, and providing equal assistance and protection to all survivors identified regardless of their participation or otherwise in criminal proceedings against perpetrators. The CRC Committee in its concluding observations on Australia under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography recommended the Australian Government undertake awareness-raising programs (particularly for children vulnerable to being survivors of offences under the CRC Optional Protocol) and comprehensive training programs for all relevant professional groups, ministries and institutions at federal and State/Territory levels working with and for children. The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially and children, in her report on her Mission to Australia in 2011 made several recommendations for better protecting the rights of survivors, including children. In the 2015 Universal Periodic Review of Australia, several recommendations were made relating to trafficking and slavery including: Improve coordination on trafficking, the monitoring of the implementation of anti-trafficking legislation, and ensure the rights of survivors are protected, including the right to redress and economic and social support; promote a rights based approach to survivors of trafficking; ratify the Convention on Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families To ensure effective implementation of the National Action Plan, and to respond to the above recommendations from human rights bodies and Special
consider complementary approaches to the current criminal justice approach. In particular the Committee recommended the Australian Government: improve coordination among government agencies involved in responses review the return and reintegration of trafficking survivors procedures and develop guidelines for repatriation for police and other relevant personnel review the accommodation available for women trafficked into Australia with a view to offering more options and reducing stress on the survivors undertake an impact assessment of the Bali Process in order to ensure the sustainability of its networking among the countries under this project evaluate and monitor the Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project (ARTIP) continue providing assistance to member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for improving investigation and judicial process in cases of trafficking in human beings. The Human Rights Committee in its review of Australia in 2009 noted that, despite the positive measures adopted by Australia, trafficking in human beings, especially women, persists in Australia. The Committee recommended the Australian Government strengthen its measures to prevent and eradicate trafficking in human beings, including by adopting a comprehensive strategy, and providing equal assistance and protection to all survivors identified regardless of their participation or otherwise in criminal proceedings against perpetrators. The CRC Committee in its concluding observations on Australia under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography recommended the Australian Government undertake awareness-raising programs (particularly for children vulnerable to being survivors of offences under the CRC Optional Protocol) and comprehensive training programs for all relevant professional groups, ministries and institutions at federal and State/Territory levels working with and for children. The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially and children, in her report on her Mission to Australia in 2011 made several recommendations for better protecting the rights of survivors, including children. In the 2015 Universal Periodic Review of Australia, several recommendations were made relating to trafficking and slavery including: Improve coordination on trafficking, the monitoring of the implementation of anti-trafficking legislation, and ensure the rights of survivors are protected, including the right to redress and economic and social support; promote a rights based approach to survivors of trafficking; ratify the Convention on Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families To ensure effective implementation of the National Action Plan, and to respond to the above recommendations from human rights bodies and Special
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