Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

Repetition

Article 5. Monitoring mechanisms. Sale and trafficking of children. Following its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government’s information that the Department of Combating Trafficking in Persons established pursuant to Law No. 3 of 2010 has carried out several inspection campaigns to monitor trafficking in persons, in particular trafficking in children. According to the statistical data provided by the Government, a total of 21 cases relating to trafficking in children were reported from 2010 to 2014. The Committee notes, however, that the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), in its concluding observations of July 2014, expressed concern that trafficking in women and girls has increased during the conflict and that they are at high risk of trafficking for purposes of sexual exploitation (CEDAW/C/SYR/CO/2, paragraph 33). While acknowledging the difficult situation prevailing in the country, the Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures to prevent the sale and trafficking of children under 18 years of age for sexual exploitation and to provide information on the measures taken in this regard. The Committee also requests the Government to continue providing information on the number of cases concerning the sale of children and child trafficking that have been reported by the Department of Combating Trafficking in Persons, as well as on the investigations, prosecutions, convictions and sanctions applied relating to this worst form of child labour.