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Convenio sobre el trabajo forzoso, 1930 (núm. 29) - Chequia (Ratificación : 1993)
Protocolo de 2014 relativo al Convenio sobre el trabajo forzoso, 1930 - Chequia (Ratificación : 2016)

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Articles 1(1), 2(1) and 25 of the Convention. Trafficking in persons. 1. Programme of action. The Committee previously noted the detailed information provided by the Government on the measures taken to prevent and combat trafficking in persons in the framework of the National Strategy to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings (2008–11) and (2012–15).
The Committee notes the Government’s information in its report that the National Strategy for Combating Human Trafficking for the period 2016–19 was adopted on 27 April 2016. The Minister of the Interior is bound to submit by 31 March 2020 the evaluation of the current National Strategy and a draft for the next period. The Committee also notes the evaluation report of the National Strategy 2012–15 submitted under the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182). The Committee therefore requests the Government to continue providing information on the implementation of the National Strategy for Combating Human Trafficking 2016–19, including a copy of its evaluation report. It also requests the Government to provide information on the adoption of a new National Strategy for the next period.
2. Penalties and law enforcement. The Committee previously noted the detailed information provided by the Government on the application in practice of section 168 of the Penal Code, including the number of cases of trafficking detected, individuals accused, and perpetrators convicted under section 168. The Committee also noted the copies of court decisions supplied by the Government, which illustrated the penalties imposed and sentences handed down pursuant to the abovementioned provision of the Penal Code. Finally, the Committee noted the Government’s indication that section 168 has been amended by Act No. 141/2014 with a view to broadening its scope so as to include the act of “recruiting a child or other person for the purpose of forced labour” among the acts punishable under the crime of trafficking in persons.
The Committee notes the Government’s information that, in 2014, 25 people were accused and six were convicted; in 2015, 18 people were accused and 19 were convicted; and in 2016, 19 people were accused and eight were convicted. The Government indicates that, due to the organizational changes within the Police, the National Service against Organized Crime of the Criminal Police and Investigation Service was established on 1 August 2016, which, among others, took over the responsibilities for human trafficking. The Police President drafted a new instrument on human trafficking, which has been submitted for approval. The Committee also notes that the Government has ratified the Protocol to Prevent, Supress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo Protocol) in 2015 and the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings in 2017. The Committee therefore requests the Government to continue providing information on the application in practice of section 168 of the Penal Code criminalizing trafficking in persons, including the number of convictions and specific penalties applied.
3. Identification and protection of victims. The Committee previously noted the comprehensive information on the measures adopted and results achieved in the context of the Programme to Support and Protect Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings. It noted, in particular, the statistical information on the number of victims of trafficking for both sexual and labour exploitation who were assisted by the Programme since 2010.
The Committee notes the Government’s information that, according to the statistics from the police, 67 victims of human trafficking were identified in 2014, 50 were identified in 2015 and 38 were identified in 2016. The Government also indicates that, within the framework of the Programme to Support and Protect Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings, victims are provided with accommodation, psychosocial services, health services, interpretation services, legal assistance and job-searching assistance. In 2014, there were 43 victims of human trafficking admitted to the programme, all related to labour exploitation. In 2015, there were four victims admitted, of which one was subjected to labour exploitation and three to sexual exploitation. In 2016, 14 victims (six females and eight males) were admitted, of which nine were subjected to labour exploitation and five to sexual exploitation. The Committee requests the Government to continue providing information on the number of victims of trafficking identified, as well as the number of those who received the services provided within the framework of the Programme to Support and Protect Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings.
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