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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 26
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- Thus, a brief analysis of some of the root causes of trafficking shows that there is a wide range of intertwined factors at play. One single factor such as poverty, gender discrimination or lack of employment opportunities per se does not necessarily lead to trafficking; rather, it is the combination of multiple factors that may place certain individuals at a higher risk of being trafficked. Thus, measures aimed at addressing the root causes of trafficking should be based on the recognition that trafficking is caused by a lack of comprehensive protection of such human rights, as freedom from discrimination, the right to work, the right to an adequate standard of living and freedom of movement. As an example, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) advocates for a comprehensive child protection system rather than measures that focus narrowly on trafficking. In its "system-building" approach, UNICEF promotes shifts towards building and strengthening social welfare, changing social behaviour and improving the legal and justice system for child protection in a holistic manner, based on the principles enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This approach can be offered to other groups at high risk of being trafficked, such as women or ethnic minorities, so that prevention measures are designed to protect the human rights of potential victims of trafficking in a comprehensive manner rather than focusing on alleviating one factor. Consistent with this approach, the Special Rapporteur welcomes the recent adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations Global Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons (resolution 64/293) in which Member States affirmed their commitment to adopt and implement comprehensive policies and programmes at the national level to prevent trafficking in persons in line with relevant policies and programmes on migration, education, employment, gender equality, empowerment of women and crime prevention.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2010
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 43
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- The provision of adequate information about migrants' rights, as well as practical advice on how to avoid risks during the migratory process and in destination countries, is also an integral aspect of promoting safe migration. While some Governments conduct pre-departure training programmes for prospective migrants, reports indicate that they often fall short of equipping prospective migrants with relevant knowledge about their rights or where to seek assistance when they encounter problems in destination countries. In this respect, some initiatives by non-governmental organizations provide useful lessons. A project aimed at promoting safe migration, implemented by an international non governmental organization in the Xishuangbanna Prefecture in China, is a good example of how a safe migration channel for children and young people has been created among the places of origin, transit and destination. In this project, the organization raises awareness of potential migrants in the place of origin (Manxixia) and nearby villages on the risks associated with migration and trafficking. The recruiters are registered and linked to the young people who are eligible for and interested in work. In the place of destination, the organization works with the community government of Liming and the youth league of Xishuangbanna Prefecture to raise migrants' awareness of the risks associated with migration, such as labour exploitation and trafficking. The community government also helps to mediate any labour disputes between migrants and their employers. In this manner, migrant children and youths are provided with a comprehensive pre- and post migration support and protection system.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Year
- 2010
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 36
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- As has been observed, while proponents on both sides of the debate hold tenaciously to their convictions, there remains no conclusive link between the legalization or criminalization of prostitution and the existence of trafficking for sexual exploitation. Although the Special Rapporteur does not wish to draw conclusions in this debate, she wants to shift the attention away from exclusively tackling consumer demand and to underline the critical need to ensure that undivided attention is paid to prevention strategies that focus on tackling the structural root causes of trafficking while respecting the human rights of trafficked persons. In this context, the Special Rapporteur notes the evidence that the majority of clients of commercial sexual services are not concerned whether the services are provided by persons who are prostitutes by choice or trafficked persons. The evidence also suggests that trafficking results mainly from the demands of employers or third parties (such as recruiters, agents, transporters and others knowingly participating in trafficking) who control and exploit people, coupled with the lack of labour rights protection that allows exploitation to take place.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Year
- 2010
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 37
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- In this regard, despite her view that demand for all types of commercial sex should be eliminated, the former Special Rapporteur on the human rights aspects of the victims of trafficking in persons reached a different conclusion about the measures appropriate to reduce demand in cases other than prostitution, notably when goods were made by workers who had been trafficked. In her report (E/CN.4/2006/62, para. 59) she expressed the view that: States parties need not eradicate demand simply because that demand is occasionally met by goods produced by trafficked labour. For example, the consumer market for athletic shoes could be met occasionally by shoes produced by people who have been subjected to one or more of the means of trafficking listed in the Protocol definition. There are reasonable steps States parties may take to discourage the demand side of such markets without seeking to wholly eradicate the consumer demand for athletic shoes.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 68
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- The protection of the human rights of migrants is of paramount importance in preventing exploitation that leads to trafficking. Thus, States should respect, protect and promote the human rights of migrants, particularly labour rights in sectors where such protection has traditionally been weak or absent, such as domestic work. To that end, States should sign, ratify and enforce all relevant human rights instruments, in particular the Palermo Protocol and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2010
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 16
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- In developing effective strategies to combat trafficking in persons, the Special Rapporteur has consistently advocated for basing such strategies on "5P's" (protection, prosecution, punishment, prevention and promotion of international cooperation) and "3R's" (redress, rehabilitation/recovery and reintegration of victims to assume a constructive role in the society) (A/HRC/10/16 and Corr.1). The role of prevention is critical in ensuring that the crime of trafficking does not occur in the first place. Despite its importance, the efforts to combat trafficking have been largely centred on a "symptom-specific" approach in that solutions are sought only after particular problems occur. It follows that resources and efforts are often concentrated on prosecuting traffickers or developing assistance programmes for survivors of trafficking but neglect the development and implementation of comprehensive and systematic prevention measures.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 17
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- In examining what the "prevention" of trafficking in persons entails, it is useful to revisit the legal framework and standards on combating such trafficking. One of the fundamental objectives of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo Protocol) is to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, paying particular attention to women and children. To that end, States parties are obliged to undertake measures such as research, information and mass media campaigns and social and economic initiatives to prevent and combat trafficking in persons. Article 9 of the Palermo Protocol further provides that States parties shall adopt or strengthen various measures to alleviate the factors that make persons, especially women and children, vulnerable to trafficking, such as poverty, underdevelopment and lack of equal opportunity and to discourage the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation of persons, especially women and children, that leads to trafficking.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2010
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Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 29
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- OSCE has addressed trafficking in persons as a major concern since 2000, when the first Ministerial Council Decision on enhancing the OSCE's Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings was taken. In 2003, the OSCE Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings was adopted, and in 2006 the Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings was appointed. In 2007, a Platform for Action against Human Trafficking was adopted, which focuses on six priority areas: encouraging action at national level and establishing national anti-trafficking structures; promoting evidence-based policies and programmes; stepping up efforts to prevent trafficking in human beings; prioritizing action against child trafficking; addressing all forms of trafficking in human beings; promoting effective assistance and access to justice for all victims.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Year
- 2010
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Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 58
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- OAS has developed "Guidelines for the Repatriation of Trafficking Victims" and a toolkit which includes a manual, a video and an interactive CD-Rom, for developing specific model training for diplomats and consular officers. On victim protection, in 2009 ECOWAS adopted a regional Policy for Protection and Assistance to Victims of Trafficking in Persons in West Africa. Similarly, regional guiding principles on victim protection and labour recruitment have been adopted by COMMIT in the Mekong region.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2010
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Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 59
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- Regional mechanisms are also an effective means for countries within a region to cooperate with international organizations. In addition to international legal instruments, international organizations develop numerous tools, guidelines, model laws and studies that can be extremely useful to regional organizations, once adapted to their local context. By using them in this manner, regional mechanisms provide a distinctive way for countries to benefit from these tools.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
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Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 129
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- [With regard to protection, recovery and reintegration, regional mechanisms should take the actions set out in the following paragraphs:] Develop and promote the adoption by Governments of regional practitioners' guidelines on protection, including victim identification, repatriation, access to shelter and medical and psychosocial assistance, and rehabilitation, and provide assistance in their operationalization at the national level, through training and workshops at the regional and national levels.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
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Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 130
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- [The role of regional organizations is also to promote an effective prosecutorial and judicial response, with a victim-centred approach. To that effect, regional organizations should:] Promote the establishment of national legal frameworks to criminalize trafficking, putting the protection of victims (and witnesses) and their access to effective legal remedies and compensation at the centre of the prosecutorial and judicial response.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
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Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 38
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- The EU has also adopted a binding instrument to regulate its action to combat trafficking in persons, the 2002 Council Framework Decision on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, followed by an action-oriented paper. These instruments explicitly refer to the adoption of a human rights-based approach, where the rights of the victims are placed at the centre and where special attention is given to certain groups, such as women, children, members of minorities and indigenous peoples. The EU went a step further and ratified the Palermo Protocol as a regional economic integration organization.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2010
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 35
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- A long-awaited review of a 1998 Swedish law prohibiting the purchase of sexual services was recently published by the Ministry of Justice of Sweden. Although the report is clear in concluding that prohibiting the purchase of sexual services has helped to combat prostitution, the review is less persuasive on the impact on trafficking and states that while it is difficult to assess precisely the extent of sex trafficking in Sweden, there are data suggesting that the scale has been affected by the ban on purchases of sexual services.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 39
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- The need to address the demand for exploitable labour and services translates into the need to create more opportunities for "safe" migration, that is, legal, gainful and non-exploitative migration. Strategies to address the demand and prevent trafficking should be guided by the recognition of the continuing demand for low- or semi-skilled labour and the promotion of opportunities for regular labour migration, as well as States' obligations to respect, protect and promote the labour rights of all workers, including migrants.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2010
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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.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2010
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 27
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- The need for this "system-building" approach may be illustrated by experiences in poverty-reduction programmes. While such programmes may be often implemented as a preventive measure, experience suggests that increasing economic empowerment alone does not necessarily reduce the incidence of trafficking. In this regard, the International Labour Organization (ILO) stresses the importance of "packaging" interventions so that measures such as microfinance and other income-generating activities are combined with measures to address other factors that create conditions in which people are vulnerable to trafficking. The ILO project to combat trafficking in children and women in the greater Mekong subregion is a good example of how various interventions were integrated into one package and successfully mitigated vulnerability to trafficking. In this project, ILO combined information-sharing, capacity-building, awareness-raising, communication campaigns and direct assistance through employment creation, vocational skills training, educational support and microcredit schemes, particularly targeting at-risk women and children and their families.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2010
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 50
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- One of the core values of human rights-based programming is the participation of rights holders in developing policies and programmes that affect their interests. The importance of the participation of rights holders is recognized in a number of international instruments, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In line with the Declaration on the Right to Development (resolution 41/128, annex), the participation of rights holders should be active, free and meaningful, so that it goes beyond mere consultation and empowers rights holders to reflect their views and expectations in the relevant policies and programmes.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2010
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 71
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- States should recognize that creating opportunities for regular labour migration that respond realistically to the economic and societal demand for such migration rather than artificially restricting legal migration channels is the key to preventing trafficking in persons. Among other measures, States should actively seek to adopt bilateral and multilateral agreements providing for legal labour migration, particularly for low- and semi-skilled labour. This should be designed, implemented and monitored with the active participation of migrant workers themselves to ensure their effectiveness in promoting safe migration.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2010
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 51
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- In preventing trafficking in persons, the participation of trafficked persons in designing and implementing prevention measures is critical. Policies, initiatives and programmes informed by the voices of trafficked persons will be more effective, as trafficked persons can provide crucial information about why they left their homes and what strategy or support was needed to prevent them from being trafficked. In the context of child trafficking, the participation of children is particularly important, as it empowers them to become the key actors in making decisions affecting their interests and mitigates the power imbalance of adults over children. Furthermore, the role of children is important in awareness-raising and peer-to-peer education, as children are often more willing to listen to their peers than to adults.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Year
- 2010
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 52
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- There are some promising practices of meaningful participation for the trafficked persons. For instance, an ILO awareness-raising programme in Brazil, which targeted young girls at high risk, was designed on the basis of real-life experiences of women who were trafficked and repatriated. There have been also examples of self-help groups formed by returnee trafficked persons that actively design, develop and implement income-generation projects. In the context of children affected by trafficking, the guidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for the protection of the rights of trafficked children in the region led to a consultation in the Philippines with trafficked children so that their views on which measures would be appropriate to include in the guidelines could be obtained.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2010
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 53
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- Notwithstanding these promising practices, it has been observed that ensuring the effective participation of trafficked persons in policymaking processes is often difficult in reality, as officials and policymakers are still unfamiliar with the idea of reflecting trafficked persons' views in Government policies. The Mekong Children's Forum on Human Trafficking and the Mekong Youth Forum illustrate this point. Both involved a series of national forums in countries in the greater Mekong subregion, followed by subregional forums where representatives of each country came together and submitted recommendations to the policymakers of the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative against Trafficking. At senior officials' meetings in 2007 and 2008, the member Governments expressed and reiterated their commitment to listen to the voices of the children and young people and include their suggestions for addressing human trafficking. While both Forums increased the visibility of children in policymaking processes and sensitized Government officials to the importance of children's participation, it is still unclear how their recommendations are translated into national or subregional policies on combating trafficking.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Youth
- Year
- 2010
Paragraph
Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 75
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- Another essential step in guaranteeing the protection of victims is the establishment of adequate referral mechanisms. OSCE has been very active in this regard, promoting the establishment of national referral mechanisms and victim assistance systems at the national level, in order to ensure that all victims have access to support services tailored to the individual victim's needs, from the point of identification up to that of reintegration in society. In this regard, OSCE has developed a practical handbook on "National Referral Mechanisms - Joining Efforts to Protect the Rights of Trafficked Persons".
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
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Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 76
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- Also, in April 2009, ECOWAS Ministers adopted a Regional Policy for Protection and Assistance to Victims of Trafficking in Persons in West Africa, which aims at establishing a supportive environment in the subregion where victims of trafficking have equitable access to protection and assistance. SAARC recommended the establishment of regional uniform toll-free numbers for information on the issues relating to trafficking in women and for violence against children in member States. Within the framework of the Bali Process a number of workshops have been organized on the provision of support to victims of trafficking.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2010
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 58
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- Nevertheless, there are encouraging signs that public-private partnerships can contribute to the prevention of trafficking, especially through the provision of vocational training and employment opportunities to vulnerable groups. In India, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has been active in promoting the public-private partnership and established the first think tank on public-private partnership to address the issue of trafficking in 2008. This led to the establishment of the Apparel Export Promotion Council to provide training in apparel production to family members of trafficking survivors. The training programme was followed by employment in factories as a means of reducing their vulnerability to trafficking. In the hospitality industry, the International Confederation of Indian Industry and the International Institute of Hotel Management provided skills training in housekeeping and in goods and beverage retail management. Following the completion of the training, the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (a government agency) and Sinar Jernih provided employment opportunities to successful candidates of this joint training programme.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Women
- Year
- 2010
Paragraph
Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 64
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- The recommendations of the Special Rapporteur are set out below.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
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Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 72
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- Awareness-raising for persons vulnerable to trafficking and action aimed at discouraging demand are among the prevention measures adopted by the CoE. In this context, it launched the anti-trafficking campaign "Human beings - not for sale" (2006-2008). Forty-one (41) countries participated in the 11 awareness-raising seminars, which aimed to highlight the type of preventive measures that can be taken. The CoE also published a comic strip "You're not for sale" in 17 languages, aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of trafficking among young people. Finally, in 2007 it prepared a study entitled "Trafficking in human beings: Internet recruitment" on the misuse of the Internet for the recruitment of victims of trafficking.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2010
Paragraph
Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 73
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- Similarly, the AU.COMMIT Campaign aims at curbing both the supply and demand for human trafficking, in partnership with several United Nations agencies. The Campaign included the production of television advertisements, the distribution of 1,000 copies of the Ouagadougou Action Plan, of 1,000 T-shirts with the slogan "AU.COMMIT: Stop Trafficking" and of 1,000 copies of pamphlets, pins, posters, etc. In line with the three main strategies of the Ouagadougou Plan of Action, the AU.COMMIT Campaign will be implemented in three phases, focusing in 2009-2010 on prevention of, and response to, trafficking, in 2010-2011 on protection of victims and in 2011-2012 on prosecution of traffickers.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Year
- 2010
Paragraph
Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 22
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- Women are recognized as the group particularly affected by such failure. In this regard, it is timely and important to recall the States' commitments towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, particularly goal 1 (eradicate extreme poverty and hunger), goal 2 (achieve universal primary education), and goal 3 (promote gender equality and empower women). While the overall poverty rate has been reduced somewhat, some regions, such as sub-Saharan Africa, Western Asia and parts of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, still need to make progress to meet the 2015 targets on poverty eradication. Sex discrimination still persists, and poverty puts girls at a distinct disadvantage in terms of education. Furthermore, women are still largely relegated to temporary or informal employment with little or no social security or benefits. This failure to provide equal and just opportunities for women to education and work encourages the feminization of poverty. This, in turn, compels women to leave their homes in search of better opportunities, resulting in the feminization of migration.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2010
Paragraph
Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 97
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- In some regions, cooperation efforts are mainly focused on investigating and prosecuting trafficking crimes. While this is welcome, efforts should be made to prioritize protection and assistance to victims. Efforts oriented at adopting new criminal laws and enhancing cross-border judicial cooperation to prosecute traffickers are necessary but not sufficient in themselves. Adopting a human rights-based approach to combating trafficking allows countries to tackle this phenomenon in a comprehensive and effective way, putting the rights of the victims at the centre of the process in accordance with international human rights law. A human rights-based approach also allows for effective prosecution of traffickers, putting the emphasis on the right to effective remedy for the victim. The right to access effective legal remedies and the right to compensation for victims of trafficking have received attention only from a few regional and subregional mechanisms.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
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