Presentation of the special report on current issues affecting human rights protection in the area of combating trafficking in persons in Kazakhstan
Astana, May 19, 2015, the Commission on Human Rights under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration in Kazakhstan presented the Special Report on combating trafficking in persons.
The Republic of Kazakhstan is the leading country in combating human trafficking in the Central Asian region. The important step in the efforts to combat trafficking in persons was the preparation by the Commission on Human Rights under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the Special Report devoted to highlighting current issues of combating trafficking in persons, providing comprehensive analysis of the situation with the rights of victims of trafficking in Kazakhstan and ensuring their rights to access special social services. The Special Report has been materialized with the support of IOM’s Development Fund and IOM Mission in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Special Report was approved by a resolution № 32-47.327 of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on December 29, 2014. The Special Report gives a comparative analysis of anti-trafficking national legislation and its implementation and provides conclusions and recommendations to prevent trafficking, protect and assist victims of trafficking, strengthen prosecution and improve interaction between state bodies and civil society in the field of combating human trafficking.
In particular, the Special Report emphasizes the need to enhance efforts to identify victims of trafficking, especially among foreign migrant workers, women and children; to improve the capacities of all actors in the field to identify vulnerable individuals and refer them for assistance, including law enforcement, social services, health-care establishments, labour inspection, migration/border services, and NGOs; to develop and launch national referral mechanism to set up clear roles of each actor in protection victims of trafficking; and to address the issue on granting the status of victims of trafficking and provide foreign victims of trafficking with a period of at least 30 days for recovery and reflection to take an informed decision on cooperating with the relevant authorities.
The presentation of the Special Report was attended by the heads of relevant ministries and agencies, such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health Care and Social Development, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Justice; representatives of the diplomatic missions and international organizations, accredited in the Republic of Kazakhstan; the Parliament members and the members of the Commission on Human Rights, as well as the civil society.
IOM is implementing the Counter-Trafficking Programme in the Republic of Kazakhstan since 2000. Over the past years, a number of projects have been implemented in close cooperation with the partner state and public organizations. Today the Counter-Trafficking Programme is being implemented in accordance with the new course "Nurly Jol - Path to the Future" as defined by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and supports the social obligations of the state.
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