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CEDAW Article 6 - Article 6 States Parties shall take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to suppress all forms of traffic in women and exploitation of prostitution of women.
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CEDAW - 25 The State party should: (a) Strengthen the implementation of the Prevention of Human Trafficking Act, including by enhancing capacity-building efforts for law enforcement and border patrol officers in order to increase their ability to identify potential victims of trafficking; (b) Allocate adequate human, financial and technical resources to the Government Oversight Committee, as well as for the implementation of the National Action Plan against Human Trafficking; (c) Establish appropriate protocols aimed at the early identification and referral of, and assistance to and support for, victims of trafficking, especially migrant and rural women, and develop mechanisms for the investigation, prosecution and punishment of trafficking offenders; (d) Systematically collect information on trafficking in women and girls to, from and within the State party in order to take informed measures to tackle the phenomenon, and conduct research on the internal trafficking risk factors to which women and girls from rural and remote islands travelling to Male or other islands for educational or employment opportunities are exposed and take measures to reduce such risks; (e) Consider ratifying the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
CEDAW - 27 The State party should: (a) Consider reviewing relevant provisions in force to decriminalize women engaged in prostitution; (b) Collect statistical and disaggregated data on the extent and magnitude of prostitution and undertake a study to assess the root causes of the phenomenon, giving particular attention to risk factors linked to the tourism sector, migration and the drug trade; (c) Develop measures aimed at preventing the exploitation of prostitution of women and girls, in particular migrant women and those involved in the drug trade, and establish rehabilitation programmes for women and girls in prostitution, including shelters, exit programmes for women who wish to leave prostitution and alternative income-generating opportunities. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
2021-30 30. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Strengthen victim identification procedures to facilitate prompt identification of potential victims of human trafficking and exploitation, including capacity-building among law enforcement and border patrol officers Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
2021-30.(b) 30. (b) Ensure the investigation of all cases of human trafficking and exploitation, as well as the prosecution and punishment of trafficking offenders Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
2021-30.(c) 30. (c) Ensure that victims are provided with medical treatment, psychosocial support, interpretation services and legal assistance Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
2021-30.(d) 30. (d) Systematically collect information on trafficking in women and girls to, from and within the State party and strengthen cooperation with other countries in the region to facilitate the exchange of information and the prosecution of traffickers Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
2021-32 32. Recalling its previous concluding observations (CEDAW/C/MDV/CO/4-5, para. 27), the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Collect disaggregated statistical data on the extent of prostitution in the State party and undertake a study to assess the root causes of the phenomenon, giving particular attention to risk factors linked to the tourism sector and migration Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
2021-32(b) 32.(b) Develop measures aimed at preventing the exploitation through prostitution of women and girls, including migrant women, and provide rehabilitation programmes for women and girls in prostitution, including shelters, exit programmes for women who wish to leave prostitution and alternative income-generating opportunities Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
2021-32.(c) 32.(c) Address the root causes contributing to the exploitation of girls and young women in prostitution, including domestic violence, lack of access to secondary education and poverty, especially in the outer islands Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
2021-57 57. The Committee calls upon the State party to use the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and to further evaluate the realization of the rights enshrined in the Convention in the context of the 25-year review of the implementation of the Declaration and Platform in order to achieve substantive equality between women and men Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
2021-60 60. The Committee notes that the adherence of the State party to the nine major international human rights instruments would enhance the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms in all aspects of life. The Committee therefore encourages the State party to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, to which it is not yet a party Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
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