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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME I

The information so furnished shall include descriptions of

the offenders, their fingerprints, photographs, methods of

operation, police records and records of conviction.

ARTICLE 16

The Parties to the present Convention agree to take or to

encourage, through their public and private educational,

health,

social,

economic

and

other

related

services,

measures for the prevention of prostitution and for the

rehabilitation and social adjustment of the victims of

prostitution and of the offences referred to in the present

Convention.

ARTICLE 17

The Parties to the present Convention undertake, in

connection with immigration and emigration, to adopt or

maintain such measures as are required in terms of their

obligations under the present Convention, to check the

traffic

in

persons

of

either

sex

for the purpose of

prostitution.

In particular they undertake:

1. To make such regulations as are necessary for the

protection of immigrants or emigrants, and in particular,

women and children, both at the place of arrival and

departure and while en route;

2. To arrange for appropriate publicity warning the public

of the dangers of the aforesaid traffic;

3. To take appropriate measures to ensure supervision of

railway stations, airports, seaports and en route , and of

other public places, in order to prevent international

traffic in persons for the purpose of prostitution;

4.

To

take

appropriate

measures

in

order that the

appropriate authorities be informed of the arrival of

persons who appear, prima facie , to be the principals and

accomplices in or victims of such traffic.

ARTICLE 18

The Parties to the present Convention undertake, in

accordance with the conditions laid down by domestic

law, to have declarations taken from aliens who are

prostitutes, in order to establish their identity and civil

status and to discover who has caused them to leave their

State. The information obtained shall be communicated

to the authorities of the State of origin of the said persons

with a view to their eventual repatriation.

ARTICLE 19

The Parties to the present Convention undertake, in

accordance with the conditions laid down by domestic

law and without prejudice to prosecution or other action

for violations thereunder and so far as possible:

1.

Pending the completion of arrangements for the

repatriation of destitute victims of international traffic in

persons for the purpose of prostitution, to make suitable

provisions for their temporary care and maintenance;

2. To repatriate persons referred to in article 18 who desire

to be repatriated or who may be claimed by persons

exercising authority over them or whose expulsion is

ordered in conformity with the law. Repatriation shall

take place only after agreement is reached with the State

of destination as to identity and nationality as well as to

the place and date of arrival at frontiers. Each Party to the

present Convention shall facilitate the passage of such

persons through its territory.

Where

the

persons

referred

to

in

the

preceding

paragraph

cannot

themselves

repay

the

cost

of

repatriation

and

have

neither

spouse,

relatives

nor

guardian to pay for them, the cost of repatriation as far as

the nearest frontier or port of embarkation or airport in

the direction of the State of origin shall be borne by the

State where they are in residence, and the cost of the

remainder of the journey shall be borne by the State of

origin.

ARTICLE 20

The Parties to the present Convention shall, if they have

not already done so, take the necessary measures for the

supervision of employment agencies in order to prevent

persons seeking employment, in particular women and

children,

from

being

exposed

to

the

danger

of

prostitution.

ARTICLE 21

The Parties to the present Convention shall communicate

to the Secretary-General of the United Nations such laws

and regulations as have already been promulgated in

their

States,

and thereafter annually such laws and

regulations as may be promulgated, relating to the

subjects

of

the

present

Convention,

as

well

as

all

measures taken by them concerning the application of

the

Convention.

The

information

received

shall

be

published periodically by the Secretary-General and sent

to all Members of the United Nations and to non-member

States

to

which

the present Convention is officially

communicated in accordance with Article 23.

ARTICLE 22

If any dispute shall arise between the Parties to the

present

Convention

relating

to

its

interpretation

or

application and if such dispute cannot be settled by other

means, the dispute shall, at the request of any one of the

Parties to the dispute, be referred to the International

Court of Justice.

ARTICLE 23

The present Convention shall be open for signature on

behalf of any Member of the United Nations and also on

behalf of any other State to which an invitation has been

addressed by the Economic and Social Council.

The

present

Convention

shall

be

ratified

and

the

instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the

Secretary-General of the United Nations.

The States mentioned in the first paragraph which have

not signed the Convention may accede to it.

Accession shall be effected by deposit of an instrument of

accession

with

the

Secretary-General

of

the

United

Nations.

For the purpose of the present Convention the word

"State" shall include all the colonies and Trust Territories

of a State signatory or acceding to the Convention and all

territories

for

which

such

State

is

internationally

responsible.

ARTICLE 24

The present Convention shall come into force on the

ninetieth day following the date of deposit of the second

instrument of ratification or accession.

For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention

after the deposit of the second instrument of ratification

or accession, the Convention shall enter into force ninety

days after the deposit by such State of its instrument of

ratification or accession.

ARTICLE 25

After the expiration of five years from the entry into force

of the present Convention, any Party to the Convention

may denounce it by a written notification addressed to

the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Such denunciation shall take effect for the party making

it one year from the date upon which it is received by the

Secretary-General of the United Nations.

ARTICLE 26

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform

all Members of the United Nations and non-member

States referred to in Article 23:

(a) Of signatures, ratification's and accessions received in

accordance with Article 23;

(b) Of the date on which the present Convention will

come into force in accordance with Article 24;

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