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Part Two. Article 6 373including, in appropriate cases, in cooperation with non-governmental organizations,other relevant organizations and other elements of civil society, and, inparticular, the provision of:(a) Appropriate housing;(b) Counselling and information, in particular as regards their legal rights,in a language that the victims of trafficking in persons can understand;(c) Medical, psychological and material assistance; and(d) Employment, educational and training opportunities.4. Each State Party shall take into account, in applying the provisions ofthis article, the age, gender and special needs of victims of trafficking in persons,in particular the special needs of children, including appropriate housing, educationand care.5. Each State Party shall endeavour to provide for the physical safety ofvictims of trafficking in persons while they are within its territory.6. Each State Party shall ensure that its domestic legal system containsmeasures that offer victims of trafficking in persons the possibility of obtainingcompensation for damage suffered.C. Interpretative noteThe interpretative note on article 6 of the protocol approved by the Ad HocCommittee and contained in its report on the work of its first to eleventh sessions(see A/55/383/Add.1, para. 71) is as follows:Paragraph 3The type of assistance set forth in this paragraph is applicable to both thereceiving State and the State of origin of the victims of trafficking in persons, butonly as regards victims who are in their respective territory. Paragraph 3 is applicableto the receiving State until the victim of trafficking in persons has returnedto his or her State of origin, and to the State of origin thereafter.Notes by the Secretariat6. A separate article (article 7, on victim rehabilitation) was also discussed in the contextof the negotiation process. It was included in the first drafts of the protocol, but wasnot finally incorporated as a separate provision in the restructured version of the protocolthat was proposed as a result of the informal consultations held during the fifth session ofthe Ad Hoc Committee. However, as indicated above (see note 4 by the Secretariat concerningarticle 37 of the convention in part one), the objective of the present publication isto present a complete picture of the negotiations on the content of the convention and itsprotocols, irrespective of which provisions were finally included in the approved texts. Forthis reason, it has been considered appropriate to provide the following presentation of therelevant drafts of article 7 and the discussions on its content that had taken place beforethe informal consultations held during the fifth session of the Ad Hoc Committee.