43- In a concerted approach18, PANETEC was adopted in October 2017 for the period 20182025 19. Its goal is to eliminate the worst forms of child labour by 2025, while consolidating the institutional framework and mechanisms20. In addition, a Coordination and Monitoring Committee of strategies against trafficking in human organs and ritual crimes was also formed following Order No. 12/CAB/PM of 31 January 2013. 44- More globally, the Interministerial Committee on Prevention and Combating Trafficking in Persons formed in 2010 and referred to in the previous Report (§83) was reorganised in 2017 and known henceforth as the Interministerial Committee for the Supervision of Actions to combat Trafficking in Human Beings. Most of the main aspects of the plan of action of the first Committee adopted in 2010 were maintained by the reorganised Committee. The new orientation includes care of victims and collaboration with CSOs, in addition to previous thrusts on the knowledge of the phenomenon, the normative framework, prevention, detection and repression of trafficking in persons and slavery21. 45- With regard to the legislative framework, provisions of Law No. 2011/24 of 14 December 2011 relating to trafficking in persons and slavery have been incorporated into the new Penal Code adopted in 2016 under Section 342-1. 46- In a bid to have proper understanding of the phenomenon, the new guideline included the conduct of two national surveys one on the scope of trafficking in persons, and the other on the existence of hereditary slavery in the northern Regions of Cameroon. a) all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such as the sale and trafficking of children, debt bondage and serfdom and forced or compulsory labour, including forced or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed conflict; b) the use, procuring or offering of a child for prostitution, for the production of pornography or for pornographic performances; c) the use, procuring or offering of a child for illicit activities, in particular for the production and trafficking of drugs as defined in the relevant international treaties;; d) work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of children. 18 PANETEC was drawn up in collaboration with representatives from Government institutions concerned, social partners (employers and workers organizations), Civil Society Organizations (CSO) and development partners. 19 It is as part of the implementation of Declarations from World Conferences on the elimination of child labour, in particular the Brasilia Declaration from the 3rd World Conference on the Sustainable Elimination of Child Labour held from 8 to 10 October 2013 in Brazil, and the Buenos Aires Declaration on Child Labour, forced labour and employment of youth from the 4 th World Conference on the Sustainable Elimination of Child Labour organised in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 14 to 16 November 2017. 20 PANETEC comprises the following 6 strategic thrusts: Legislation and application of the law, Education, Social Protection, Labour Marker Policy and Corporate Liability, Cross-cutting Policies, and Cordination of Management and Monitoring of PANETEC. PANETEC comprises the following 6 strategic thrusts: legislation and the application of the law, Education, Social Protection, Labour Market Policy and Corporate Responsibility, Cross-cutting Policies and Coordination of Management and Monitoring of PANETEC. 21 Order No. 35/CAB/PM of 1 March 2017 to reorganise the Interministerial Committee for Supervision, Prevention and Combating Trafficking in Persons. The Committee adopted a plan comprising the following actions: Action 1: Increase efforts geared towards prevention, detection and suppression of acts of slavery, trafficking in persons and forced labour; Action 2: Consolidate training of stakeholders involved in prevention and combating slavery and trafficking in persons and monitoring reintegration of victims; Action 3: Disseminate the legal framework on prevention and combating slavery and trafficking in persons; Action 4: Build partnership with NGOs involved in prevention and combating slavery and trafficking in persons; Action 5: Conduct a survey on the existence of hereditary slavery in the northern part of Cameroon. 12

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