Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00720:clause:1_662
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 662
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662  Forced Marriage Specialist Support Program                               To provide funding for prevention and early intervention programs and tailored supports to people who are reasonably suspected of being victims, and people who are reasonably considered to be at risk of becoming victims, of forced marriage (within the meaning of section 270.7A of the Criminal Code), including by:
                                                                              (a) the assignment of case workers to provide needs‑based emotional, moral and mental health support and education, and to engage with their family and community; and
                                                                              (b) the provision of counselling services and mediation support to those at risk of, or who have experienced, forced marriage, and their family or those involved in organising the forced marriage; and
                                                                              (c) the coordination of care arrangements with other services (such as temporary accommodation, child protection services and financial support) to assist those at risk of, or who have experienced, forced marriage;
                                                                              as a measure to give effect to Australia's obligations under one or more of the following:
                                                                              (d) the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, particularly Articles 2, 3 and 16;
                                                                              (e) the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly Articles 4, 32, 34, 35 and 36;
                                                                              (f) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, particularly Articles 2, 7, 9 and 23;
                                                                              (g) the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, particularly Article 1.