Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 42
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- These practices illustrate that some measures directed at countering trafficking or promoting safe migration are misguided and result in violations of the human rights of prospective migrants. Strategies to promote safe migration should not be based on the restriction of migration channels that States may regard as potentially dangerous without concrete evidence. Rather, any prevention strategies should be underpinned by the recognition of freedom of movement and the creation of more opportunities for legal and non-exploitative labour migration. In fact, a lower incidence of trafficking is reported where opportunities for regular migration are available within a multilateral framework or under a bilateral agreement between the sending and receiving States, or where there are otherwise established channels of migration. In this regard, bilateral or multilateral agreements providing for legal labour migration are strongly encouraged. Steps must be taken, however, to ensure that such agreements are consistent with international human rights laws and standards and that the implementation of the agreements is independently monitored so that they do not result in the "exporting" of migrants under abusive working conditions.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 42
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