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ARTICLE 3. PURPOSES OF THE AGREEMENT:
The purpose of this Agreement is to enhance inter-agency coordination of the initial reception,
protection and medical and social assistance provided to victims and presumed or potential victims
of human trafficking in or from Albania through the establishment of a National Referral Mechanism,
regulating the obligations of and cooperation amongst all Parties involved in the identification and
referral, accommodation and assistance, family reunification, voluntary return and longer-term reintegration
of victims.
All Parties to this Agreement recognise the need to provide a comprehensive range of services to
victims, in accordance with their needs and interests. Such comprehensive services can best be
provided by developing an effective system for mutual contacts, referrals and cooperation between
the Parties.
Due to the high vulnerability of children, making them easy potential targets for exploitation, the
Parties in particular recognise the need to enhance the protection and assistance provided to identified,
presumed or potential child victims, and to implement specific measures for their assistance and
protection within the framework of this Agreement.
All Parties involved in this Agreement accept by their signature the need to enhance their cooperation
to provide the services referred to hereunder to all victims of human trafficking, as part of the shared
national goal of enhancing the fight against human trafficking, raising public awareness of the
trafficking phenomenon, and fulfilling the social and moral imperative of supporting the re-integration
of victims.
The establishment of a National Referral Mechanism for adult and child victims of trafficking is a
priority objective of both the National Anti-trafficking Action Plan 2005-7 and National Strategy and
Action Plan on Combating Trafficking in Children 2005-7. The signature and implementation of this
Agreement marks an important step towards achieving the aims of both these documents.
ARTICLE 4. BASIC PRINCIPLES:
All support and assistance to victims and potential or suspected victims of human trafficking under this
Agreement, whether adults or children, will be based on respect for the following basic principles:
• Human rights based, victim-oriented, and non-criminal treatment of all victims of human
trafficking;
• Maintaining the security and confidentiality of victims by never revealing the names or
locations of victims or centers for victims to any unauthorized persons;
• Providing services and accommodation to victims on a voluntary basis with the fully informed
consent of all victims; ensuring that adult victims are always free to refuse services or leave
a shelter if they choose, and that child victims will be given the opportunity to participate in
decision making regarding their cases;
• Best interests of the victim to be held paramount – especially child victims of trafficking;
• Protection of victims rights and their right to be informed of their legal and other rights
and assistance available to be ensured throughout the process of identification, referral and
assistance, as well as during the implementation and monitoring of this agreement
• Protection and support not to be conditional on willingness to give testimony;
• Provision of appropriate assistance to victims with special needs, particularly in cases of
disabilities, psychosocial distress, illnesses or pregnancies;
• Child victims to be cared for by adequately trained professionals who are aware of the special
rights and needs of child victims and of gender issues.
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