A human rights-based approach to the administration of criminal justice in cases of trafficking in persons 2012, para. 19
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The information received by the Special Rapporteur indicated that a significant majority of States have criminalized trafficking in persons. As the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons is not self-executing, States will need to take proactive action to ensure its implementation in domestic law. Some States already had laws that met the requirements of the Protocol: Finland, for example, has had long established laws on trafficking, and its legislation met the standard of the Protocol, even before the Convention came into force. In recent years, a number of other States, including Lesotho, Lebanon and Romania, have passed new anti-trafficking laws.
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children