Trafficking in women and girls 2008, para. 11

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Calls upon all Governments to criminalize all forms of trafficking in persons, recognizing its increasing occurrence for purposes of sexual exploitation, commercial sexual exploitation and abuse, sex tourism and forced labour, and to bring to justice and punish the offenders and intermediaries involved, whether local or foreign, through the competent national authorities, either in the country of origin of the offender or in the country in which the abuse occurs, in accordance with due process of law, as well as to penalize persons in authority found guilty of sexually assaulting victims of trafficking in their custody;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2008
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Trafficking in women and girls (2008), A/RES/63/156, OP 11.
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
11