Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 2000, para. 97c

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As appropriate, pursue and support national, regional and international strategies to reduce the risk to women and girls, including those who are refugees and displaced persons, as well as women migrant workers, of becoming victims of trafficking; strengthen national legislation by further defining the crime of trafficking in all its elements and by reinforcing the punishment accordingly; enact social and economic policies and programmes, as well as informational and awareness-raising initiatives, to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, especially women and children; prosecute perpetrators of trafficking; provide measures to support, assist and protect trafficked persons in their countries of origin and destination; and facilitate their return to and support their reintegration into their countries of origin.
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
  • Persons on the move
  • Women
Year
2000
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (2000), A/RES/S-23/3, para. 97c.
Paragraph focus
Actions to be taken at the national and international levels
Paragraph number
97c