26.4.
“align and implement policies to identify and assist victims among vulnerable
groups, such as migrant workers, individuals in prostitution, and child laborers,
and train relevant officials on these procedures”;
26.5.
“amend the penal code to criminalize all forms of child sex trafficking consistent
with international law”;
26.6.
“improve interagency cooperation to effectively implement the anti-trafficking
national action plan, including by clarifying the roles of national and provinciallevel government entities, fully integrating trafficking data collection into law
enforcement efforts, and allocating sufficient resources to the national action
plan”;
26.7.
“develop programs that reduce stigma and promote reintegration of trafficking
returnees”;
26.8.
“in consultation with civil society, tailor awareness-raising campaigns to
geographic- and sector-specific vulnerabilities and evaluate them to ensure
maximum benefit to high-risk communities”;
26.9.
“allow independent verification that Vietnamese drug users are no longer
subjected to forced labor in government run rehabilitation centers”; and
26.10. “expand training for consular officials on worker rights and international labor
standards”.44
Birth Registration
27. Birth registration is an important tool for the prevention of statelessness because it
establishes a legal record of where a child was born and to whom.45 That is, birth
registration (and birth certificates) often provide essential proof as to whether a person
has acquired nationality by birth or descent, or their eligibility to acquire nationality by
birth or descent. 46
28. Viet Nam has obligations under CRC Article 7, to register all births immediately. Further,
Target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals, aims to ‘by 2030 provide legal identity
for all including birth registration’.
44
U.S. Department of State, above n 38; U.S. Department of State, above n 40.
45
UNHCR, above n 27; Guidelines on Statelessness, above n 27, 12 [55].
46
Ibid.
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