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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 56
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- The recognition of the private sector's role in combating trafficking culminated in the Athens Ethical Principles in 2006 under the leadership of the Suzanne Mubarak Women's International Peace Movement. The Movement has been instrumental in mobilizing the private sector and raising awareness of its responsibility to take part in the fight. Under the Principles, businesses voluntarily pledge, inter alia, to demonstrate a zero-tolerance policy towards trafficking in persons and to contribute to the prevention of trafficking in persons, including awareness-raising campaigns and education. Those commitments were reaffirmed in the Manama Declaration on Human Trafficking at the Crossroads, adopted in 2009 at a conference held in Bahrain.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Women
- Año
- 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.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2010
Párrafo
A human rights-based approach to the administration of criminal justice in cases of trafficking in persons 2012, para. 44
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- In Thailand, concerns persist that children and women identified as victims of trafficking are automatically placed in Government-run shelters, pursued if they "escape" and, in some cases, forced to spend years awaiting processing. Such detention not only impedes the rights of victims but also discourages and diminishes the quality of victim cooperation with authorities. Above and beyond the infringement of victims' human rights, the Special Rapporteur observes that such an approach can serve as a disincentive for victims to report cases to authorities.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2012
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The first decade of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children 2014, para. 79e
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- [Future mandate holders could focus on conceptual and definitional overlaps; the consequences of a human rights-based approach to trafficking; measuring the impact of anti-trafficking interventions, corruption and trafficking; and the effectiveness of victim identification tools. They should:] Continue promoting the involvement of civil society in all international and regional anti-trafficking forms, including discussions on the review mechanism for the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2014
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The right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons 2011, para. 17
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- Recovery includes medical and psychological care, as well as legal and social services. As trafficking often causes severe physical and psychological consequences for the victims, recovery is a crucial form of remedy. In the Human Rights Council report, the Special Rapporteur noted with concern that in some States, recovery services are only available to certain categories of trafficked persons at the exclusion of others, such as men and children who are internally trafficked, and that access to recovery services is made conditional on the capacity or willingness of trafficked persons to cooperate with law enforcement authorities. Further, she expressed concern about the absence in many States of a "reflection and recovery period", during which trafficked persons may escape the influence of traffickers, recover psychological stability to consider their options, and make an informed decision as to whether to cooperate with law enforcement authorities without the risk of being removed from the country. This period is not only an integral element of recovery, but also the fundamental first step in seeking other forms of reparations, such as compensation. The security and well-being of trafficked persons, which may be facilitated by the reflection and recovery period, is an essential prerequisite for trafficked persons in seeking compensation.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Men
- Women
- Año
- 2011
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The issue of human trafficking in supply chains 2012, para. 13
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- The obligations of States to prevent and combat human trafficking are clearly spelled out in international human rights instruments. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women requires States parties to take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to suppress all forms of traffic in women and exploitation of prostitution of women (art. 6), while the Convention on the Rights of the Child similarly obliges States parties to take all appropriate national, bilateral and multilateral measures to prevent the abduction of, the sale of or traffic in children for any purpose or in any form (art. 35). It is also of relevance that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights prohibits slavery and forced or compulsory labour (art. 8). Other relevant international instruments include those under the auspices of the International Labour Organization (ILO): the Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (Convention No. 182), under which States parties are called upon to take effective measures to prohibit the worst forms of child labour, including child trafficking, and the Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (Convention No. 29) and the Convention concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour (Convention No. 105), under which States parties are required to take measures to abolish forced or compulsory labour.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2012
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The first decade of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children 2014, para. 63
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- It is one thing to assert the human rights of victims of trafficking and another to specify, with a sufficient level of detail, what those rights actually are and what obligations they impose on States. That process is essential, because it is only through such certainty that it becomes possible to assess the extent to which a particular situation, initiative or response is in conformity with international human rights law. The task is made somewhat more difficult by the fact that the central international instrument relevant to trafficking, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, is not clear on the issue of the rights of victims. There are general references to human rights in the Protocol and it includes a number of obligations that may be understood as intended to protect victims. However, on its own, it makes little headway in establishing the precise nature of the entitlements of victims and how these should be met. It is also relevant to note that, when the mandate was first instituted, the international human rights system itself had not contributed substantially to clarifying the substantive content of relevant rights and obligations. While there was regular condemnation of the human rights violations associated with trafficking, the practice was rarely linked to the violation of a specific right in a specific treaty.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2014
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Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 93
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- Similarly, the SAARC Convention calls upon its States parties to promote awareness, inter alia, through the use of the media, of the problem of trafficking in women and children and its underlying causes, including the projection of negative images of women. Also active on gender mainstreaming in relation to trafficking, COMMIT in the Mekong region has taken the stance of involving both women and men in decision-making concerning counter-trafficking policies. On that basis, UNIAP works to ensure that every level of its work, from high-level forums with senior officials to community-based initiatives, includes both women and men, and that women are represented in positions of leadership and responsibility. The OAS secretariat promotes the inclusion of a gender perspective in all aspects of its work, and encourages OAS member States to send an equal number of male and female participants to all training provided or supported by OAS.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Men
- Women
- Año
- 2010
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The issue of human trafficking in supply chains 2012, para. 14
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- In addition, under the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, adopted in 2000, States parties are required to adopt such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to establish trafficking in persons as a criminal offence (art. 5). In addition, States parties are to establish comprehensive policies, programmes and other measures to prevent and combat trafficking in persons (art. 9 (1) (a)). This obligation to criminalize the conduct of trafficking entails a broad range of other related obligations, such as that to effectively investigate, prosecute and adjudicate trafficking and to punish individuals and legal persons found guilty of trafficking by imposing effective and proportionate sanctions, as set out in the Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking (E/2002/68/Add.1, principles 13 and 15).
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2012
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Integration of a human rights-based approach in measures to discourage the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation of persons, especially women and children, and which leads to human trafficking 2013, para. 20
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- The fundamental international instrument containing specific provisions on demand is the Trafficking in Persons Protocol. Its article 9, paragraph 5, states that States parties shall adopt or strengthen legislative or other measures, such as educational, social or cultural measures, including through bilateral and multilateral cooperation, to discourage the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation of persons, especially women and children, that leads to trafficking. The Protocol refers to the generic categories of measures that should be taken to discourage demand, but is not more precise. The guide published to advise States on what steps to take to implement the Protocol points out that "demand reduction … could be achieved in part through legislative or other measures targeting those who knowingly use or take advantage of the services of victims of exploitation".
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2013
Párrafo
Agenda setting of the work of the Special Rapporteur 2015, para. 83
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- The Special Rapporteur looks forward to fulfilling the requirements of her mandate, as outlined in Human Rights Council resolution 26/8, and to constructive and fruitful cooperation with diverse stakeholders in all regions of the world. She particularly emphasizes her desire for constructive engagement with United Nations Member States and encourages them to respond positively to her requests for information or for country visits, while emphasizing that the mandate remains available to provide assistance to States and to respond to their requests to the fullest extent possible. The Special Rapporteur reiterates the importance that she places on the role and views of non-governmental organizations, including in providing information to her and engaging with and assisting her fully as she conducts her work on combating trafficking in persons, especially women and children.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2015
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Agenda setting of the work of the Special Rapporteur 2015, para. 41
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- In this region, the 1994 Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors and the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women (Convention of Belém do Pará) contributed to the anti-trafficking legal framework. Other instruments, such as the 2005 Montevideo Declaration against Trafficking in Persons in MERCOSUR (Common Market of the South) and Associated States, the 2008 Recommendations of the First International Congress of MERCOSUR and Associated States on Trafficking in Persons and Child Pornography, the Work Plan against Trafficking in Persons in the Western Hemisphere (2010-2012, later extended for two years, and 2015-2018), the Inter-American Declaration against Trafficking in Persons ("Declaration of Brasilia", 2014) and the Brazil Declaration on a Framework for Cooperation and Regional Solidarity to Strengthen the International Protection of Refugees, Displaced and Stateless Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Cartagena+30, 2014), further consolidated regional efforts to eradicate human trafficking.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Año
- 2015
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Trafficking in persons in conflict and post-conflict situations 2016, para. 50
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- Prohibition on trafficking and migration-related exploitation. International law requires States to criminalize and penalize a range of conduct related to trafficking. The obligation to criminalize trafficking when committed intentionally is set out in article 5 of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Most States (168, as at October 2015) are party to the Protocol and thereby bound by this obligation. Many States are also bound by one or more of the regional trafficking treaties, such as the Council of Europe Convention and the European Union Directive cited above, which impose identical obligations.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Año
- 2016
Párrafo
A human rights-based approach to the administration of criminal justice in cases of trafficking in persons 2012, para. 90
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- In addition to criminalizing trafficking in persons in conformity with the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, States must ensure the criminalization of other crimes relating to trafficking in persons, including - but not limited to - corruption, money-laundering, debt bondage, obstruction of justice and participation in organized criminal groups.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2012
Párrafo
The first decade of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children 2014, para. 11
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- The issue of trafficking in persons arrived on the international agenda in the mid-1990s with the commencement of work on a new treaty on trafficking, with a particular focus on organized criminal aspects, which would address the gaps in the understanding of trafficking in persons. In December 2000, the General Assembly adopted the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the first international agreement on trafficking in persons since the adoption by the General Assembly in 1949 of the narrowly focused Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. The adoption of the Protocol signalled a fundamental shift in the international approach to the exploitation of individuals for private profit. In the years that followed, other treaties on the subject were developed, along with a substantial body of soft law, including the Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking (E/2002/68/Add.1). International and regional bodies, along with civil society groups, became involved in researching the issue of trafficking and supporting anti-trafficking efforts, and States began to introduce new laws and policies aimed at criminalizing trafficking, protecting victims and preventing future trafficking. One State launched a unilateral monitoring mechanism that began reporting on, and evaluating the response of other States to, the issue of trafficking in persons.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2014
Párrafo
The first decade of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children 2014, para. 35
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- As noted above, international understanding of the nature and scope of trafficking has expanded significantly in the past several decades. It is now widely accepted that women, men and children are trafficked and that the forms of trafficking are as varied as the potential for profit or other personal gain. This development is highly significant from the perspective of international law because it brings within the relevant legal framework a wide range of exploitative conduct, much of which has been poorly or selectively regulated at both national and international levels.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Men
- Women
- Año
- 2014
Párrafo
Integration of a human rights-based approach in measures to discourage the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation of persons, especially women and children, and which leads to human trafficking 2013, para. 85d
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- [Taking in account States' obligations under international human rights law, the Special Rapporteur would like to offer a set of recommendations which may serve as a basis for human rights-based measures to discourage the demand that fosters or leads to trafficking in persons:] It is necessary to put regulatory and supervisory mechanisms in place whenever they encourage or facilitate any forms of labour migration, as the absence of such mechanisms has had the effect of facilitating trafficking in persons. Legislation is required to protect anyone who, in the absence of appropriate protection, can be exploited with relative ease (such as migrant workers in general, child workers,particularly those below the minimum age for admission to employment) and anyone working outside a formal or regulated workplace (such as migrant domestic workers and other migrants, particularly women, who work in unregulated or informal workplaces). Legislation may also be required to ensure that any places where trafficked persons may be deployed to work or earn money, including informal workplaces or settings, are subject to the rule of law and can be checked by law enforcement officials, if necessary;
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Año
- 2013
Párrafo
The issue of human trafficking in supply chains 2012, para. 49a
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- [On the basis of these conclusions, the Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Ratify the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and other relevant international instruments prohibiting trafficking in persons and, on that basis, adopt comprehensive laws to effectively prosecute and punish perpetrators of trafficking and trafficking-related crimes, or amend existing anti-trafficking legislation to ensure that it meets international standards;
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2012
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Stocktaking exercise on the work of the mandate on its tenth Anniversary 2014, para. 9
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- Trafficking in persons was defined internationally for the first time in article 3 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), as consisting of three elements: (a) an "action", being recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons; (b) a "means" by which that action is achieved, for example threat or use of force, or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or a position of vulnerability and the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person; and (c) a "purpose" of the intended action or means, namely exploitation. All three elements must be present to constitute trafficking in persons in international law. The only exception is that when the victim is a child, the "means" element is not part of the definition.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2014
Párrafo
Stocktaking exercise on the work of the mandate on its tenth Anniversary 2014, para. 48
- Paragraph text
- The work of the mandate holders has confirmed that the problem of human trafficking continues to be endemic in all parts of the world. While awareness of trafficking and of relevant rights and obligations has improved significantly, it has not resulted in substantial improvements on the ground. Large numbers of women, men and children continue to be exploited; very few receive support, protection or redress; few of the perpetrators are apprehended; and in every country the number of prosecutions remains stubbornly low. It is thus pertinent to draw out the challenges that are likely to be of particular concern to the international community and to the holders of the mandate as it evolves in the future.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Men
- Women
- Año
- 2014
Párrafo
The first decade of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children 2014, para. 19
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- Trafficking in persons was defined internationally for the first time in article 3 of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, as constituting three elements: (a) an "action", being recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons; (b) a "means" by which that action is achieved, for example threat or use of force, or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or a position of vulnerability and the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person; and (c) a "purpose" of the intended action or means, namely exploitation. Thus, consent of the victim to the intended exploitation is irrelevant when any of the listed means have been used. All three elements must be present to constitute "trafficking in persons" in international law. The only exception is that when the victim is a child, the "means" element is not part of the definition.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2014
Párrafo
Due diligence and trafficking in persons 2015, para. 33
- Paragraph text
- Human rights due diligence also requires that investigations and prosecution adopt gender-specific measures that take into account the different assistance and protection needs of women and men, girls and boys and overcome discriminatory barriers to accessing remedies, such as by preventing the introduction of discriminatory evidence in proceedings to determine the victim's right to redress and ensuring that complaint mechanisms and investigations into trafficking in persons incorporate specific positive measures that enable victims to come forward to seek and obtain redress. States should also address other barriers that victims of trafficking in persons often face, including diplomatic immunity when domestic workers are in diplomatic households. Some countries, such as Switzerland and Belgium, have established a specific mediation mechanism to resolve labour conflicts arising between domestic workers and persons enjoying diplomatic privileges and immunities. Trafficked persons, as well as their families and relevant witnesses, should be protected against unlawful interference with their privacy and safety before, during and after relevant proceedings.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Boys
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Año
- 2015
Párrafo
Strengthening voluntary standards for businesses on preventing and combating trafficking in persons and labour exploitation, especially in supply chains 2017, para. 14
- Paragraph text
- Regarding the obligation of States to eliminate trafficking in persons under the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, States parties are required to adopt such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to establish trafficking in persons as a criminal offence (art. 5). Under the Protocol, States parties also are required to establish comprehensive policies, programmes and other measures to prevent and combat trafficking in persons (art. 9 (1) (a)). Under the Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking, States are requested to effectively investigate, prosecute and adjudicate trafficking, as well as to punish individuals and legal persons found guilty of trafficking by imposing effective and proportionate sanctions (principles 13 and 15).
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2017
Párrafo
Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 61
- Paragraph text
- Second, in order to ensure that preventive measures achieve the desired effect while enhancing the human rights of trafficked persons, such measures should be systematically monitored and evaluated on a regular basis. Some international organizations such as the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and ILO have developed logical frameworks with specific performance indicators that measure progress towards goals in anti-trafficking programmes. However, there is a general lack of systematic monitoring and assessment of the impact and effectiveness of prevention measures, and many assessments commonly report only the project outputs, such as the number of people who have been exposed to awareness-raising activities or given livelihood opportunities. While such reporting may indicate progress towards project goals to some extent, it does not necessarily shed light on the qualitative impact in terms of reducing the incidence of trafficking in persons. Proper impact assessments require measuring the situation before and after the implementation of the preventive measures concerned and identifying how they affected the behavioural change in the communities concerned. In this process, it is also essential to take into account the views of the intended beneficiaries. ILO has developed a participatory monitoring system for its Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women in the Greater Mekong Subregion that involves relevant key stakeholders - government officials, project partners and families whose children are at risk of trafficking - in assessing the impact of its activities.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Año
- 2010
Párrafo
The first decade of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children 2014, para. 75
- Paragraph text
- States parties to the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, could also be encouraged to take up the challenge of implementation more creatively, for example by opening up the deliberations of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review to some input from civil society and providing it with more substantive oversight responsibilities. Trafficking remains a difficult issue for all States and increased support aimed at helping them to meet their international obligations should be welcomed.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2014
Párrafo
Agenda setting of the work of the Special Rapporteur 2015, para. 47
- Paragraph text
- Subregional initiatives include the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Declaration on the Fight against Trafficking in Persons (2001) and the ECOWAS Initial Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons (2002-2003). Subsequent plans of action against trafficking in persons have also been adopted. Moreover, the ECOWAS and Economic Community of Central African States biregional Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (2006-2009), the related resolution and a multilateral cooperation agreement have further strengthened subregional initiatives to curb trafficking. The biregional Plan of Action reaffirmed the ECOWAS Initial Plan of Action and extended efforts to combat trafficking into the Central African region. In addition, the Southern African Development Community Plan of Action to combat trafficking in persons, the revised African Union Plan of Action on Drug Control and Crime Prevention (2007-2012 and 2013-2017) can be cited as examples of subregional initiatives. Joint cooperation between intergovernmental organizations, such as between the United Nations and the African Union, in the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization or within the Commonwealth can be cited as joint actions to address human trafficking.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2015
Párrafo
Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 44
- Paragraph text
- Furthermore, regional bodies have a role in promoting the establishment of national multidisciplinary monitoring bodies, which are key to the success of NPAs. For example, OSCE, COMMIT and the EU encourage States to establish such structures, which they designate as National Rapporteurs or Task Forces. These would be governing bodies with implementation, coordination and oversight responsibility, consisting of representatives from the relevant ministries - including police, justice, social welfare, labour and women's affairs - in charge of evaluating achievements and challenges in the country's implementation of their commitments, managing data collection and information sharing, taking decisions with regard to the need to revise strategies and coordinating overall efforts at the national level. International organizations and NGOs should be involved in these mechanisms. The OSCE Special Representative's 2008 Annual Report focused specifically on these national coordination mechanisms, outlining efforts taken by participating States to establish national coordinators and inter-agency coordinating bodies.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Women
- Año
- 2010
Párrafo
Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 20
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- The present report does not focus on the prosecution of traffickers as a method of prevention, although the Special Rapporteur acknowledges that it is an integral element of the fight against trafficking and may play an important role in preventing trafficking through deterrence. There are, however, increasing reports that the overzealous focus on prosecution and law enforcement may adversely affect the human rights of trafficked persons, as observed in some States where trafficking is addressed through the criminalization or prohibition of prostitution. For instance, as a result of the law prohibiting the recruitment of persons for the purpose of prostitution, women and girls who have been trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation are often arrested and charged with soliciting prostitution. One non-governmental organization documented several cases in the United States of America where victims of "domestic minor sex trafficking" were arrested by law enforcement officers, prosecuted, criminalized and revictimized by the justice system. In one of the cases, police in Las Vegas arrested a 12-year-old girl who had been picked up by a man in a truck for sexual services, while the police failed to locate and arrest the man. It must also be acknowledged that there is a limit to the deterrent effects of prosecution, owing to the complex nature of the crime, which makes it difficult to successfully prosecute and convict traffickers. For those reasons, the law enforcement approach should not be exclusively relied upon as a prevention method. In the view of the Special Rapporteur, measures to prevent trafficking will not be effective or sustainable unless the underlying social, economic and political factors that create an environment conducive to trafficking are addressed. Through this lens, the report sheds light on prevention measures to address the powerful and complex factors, along a supply/demand continuum, that increase vulnerability to trafficking.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Girls
- Women
- Año
- 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.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Women
- Año
- 2010
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Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 17
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- African States have started taking coordinated action both at the regional and subregional levels. At the level of the AU, the Ouagadougou Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and Children, was adopted by Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Development from Africa and the EU in November 2006, at the Africa-EU Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development, held in Tripoli in the framework of the Africa-EU Strategic Partnership. The Action Plan provides specific recommendations to be implemented by Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and member States based on a three-pronged strategy: prevention of trafficking, protection of victims of trafficking and prosecution of those involved in the crime of trafficking.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Año
- 2010
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