(1) To ensure the effective implementation of the national strategy to prevent and combat violence against women; (2) To effectively investigate all cases of violence against women and prosecute and adequately punish perpetrators; (3) To adopt a comprehensive law on violence against women; ensure that domestic violence, including marital rape, is criminalized; prohibit sexual harassment at school and in the workplace and provide for ad equate sanctions; and repeal the legal provision exempting rapists from punishment if they subsequently marry the victim; (4) To ensure that women victims of domestic violence have full access to protection orders and legal remedies instead of mediation; (5) To provide assistance to victims of gender-based violence, including medical and psychological support, as well as shelter, counselling and rehabilitation services, throughout the territory of the State party; (6) To provide training for the police and other law enforcement officials, health and social workers, and the judiciary on the application of legal provisions aimed at combating violence against women.

(1) Carry out, without delay, a study to investigate the extent and causes of trafficking in human beings, particularly women and girls, and forced prostitution, including through the collection and analysis of data on trafficking and on the exploitation of women in prostitution; (2) Ensure the effective implement action of Act No. 2011/024 of 14 December 2011 against trafficking in and smuggling of persons and of the governmental action plan on human trafficking; (3) Ensure the investigation, prosecution and punishment of perpetrators of human trafficking; (4) Effectively investigate allegations of abduction of babies in order to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice and ensure the systematic and swift registration of newborns to prevent such abductions; (5) Raise awareness about the risks of trafficking and of the exploitation of migrant women, particularly among women who wish to leave the State party, including “Intern et brides”; (6) Increase international, regional and bilateral cooperation with countries of origin, transit and destination to prevent trafficking through information exchange and harmonize legal procedures aimed at the prosecution and punishment of traffickers; (7) Review the Penal Code with a view to decriminalizing women engaged in prostitution; adopt measures aimed at discouraging male demand for prostitution; address the root causes of prostitution; provide women with alternative income opportunities and provide assistance, rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for women and girls exploited in prostitution, as well as exit programmes for women wishing to leave prostitution.

(1) Ensure the effective implementation of article 356 of the Penal Code criminalizing perpetrators of forced or early marriages; adopt legal provisions specifically criminalizing female genital mutilation, breast ironing and discriminatory widowhood rites; and include adequate sanctions for perpetrators of such acts; (2) Arrest, prosecute and punish perpetrators of kidnapping of children, including young girls, for the sale of organs or magic/religious practices.