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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 21
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- Strategies aimed at preventing trafficking in persons must address underlying factors that render people vulnerable to trafficking, such as poverty, lack of employment opportunities, sex discrimination and inequality, restrictive immigration laws and policies, war and conflict. The root causes of trafficking and migration overlap to a great extent; it is thus important to understand the motivations behind people's decisions to leave their homes. In many cases, people leave their homes in search of protection and opportunity. Evidence suggests that more than three quarters of international migrants move to a country with a higher level of human development than their country of origin in order to improve their livelihoods. Millions of people also leave their places of origin either internally or across an international border owing to insecurity and conflict. This signals that in a significant number of situations, the root causes of migration and trafficking can be attributed to the failure of States to guarantee the fundamental human rights of all individuals within their jurisdiction.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Poverty
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 23
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- In this process, the dynamic force of globalization and trade liberalization exacerbates the feminization of poverty and migration. A number of reports indicate that structural adjustment measures imposed by global financial institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund increased poverty, unemployment, inequality and the degree of insecurity in many countries. In many cases, such adverse effects fall on women, as structural adjustment often involves the privatization of the public sector, which reduces access to social services that women may rely on. Trade liberalization may also result in cheap imports so that certain industries dominated by women, such as agriculture and textiles, are not able to survive, causing a loss of employment of the women. These effects all contribute to creating powerful "push" factors for women to migrate to seek employment outside their countries of origin, even at the risk of abuse, exploitation and trafficking.
- 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
- Poverty
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 24
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- The next question then is: What contributes to trafficking, as opposed to non exploitative migration? It is important to recognize that there are crucial differences between trafficking and migration in terms of the means used and the purposes of people's movement. The definition of "trafficking in persons" under article 3 (a) of the Palermo Protocol makes clear that trafficked persons are deceived or forced (by threat or coercion) to move for the purpose of exploitation. Thus, while trafficking in persons and migration share the same "migratory space", as both involve the movement of people, trafficking in persons entails movement by fraudulent or coercive means for exploitative purposes. In the light of those factors, the Special Rapporteur notes that there is a strong causal link between restrictive immigration policies and trafficking. In contrast with trade liberalization, immigration policies have become increasingly restrictive, particularly for people with low skills, despite the demand for their labour in many industrialized countries. While a number of States have deployed immigration control and border security measures in response to the smuggling of and trafficking in persons, such measures are often counterproductive, as many prospective migrants are not deterred by them and would rely on intermediaries to facilitate their entry to destination countries through informal and clandestine channels. In many cases, people decide to leave home not as a matter of choice but as a matter of survival in order to escape from serious violations of their human rights. People's desire to move at any cost creates a lucrative market condition for traffickers and increases migrants' vulnerability to traffickers.
- 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
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 38
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- From this perspective, the Special Rapporteur believes that it is important to address the lack of regulations and labour rights as one of the key structural factors fostering trafficking in persons, whether for sexual exploitation or labour exploitation. In destination countries, the exploitation of migrant workers often takes place in the context of economic activity that is illegal or informal, or poorly regulated or unregulated, or in sectors in which it is difficult to enforce regulatory controls and profit margins are extremely low (CTOC/COP/WG.4/2010/3/para. 15). Indeed, studies show that the demand for exploitative labour or services is almost completely absent where workers are well unionized and labour standards are routinely monitored and enforced. Therefore, it is imperative to address the demand for cheap and exploitable labour and services through the framework of labour rights protection and migration management. A good example of regulation in sectors where trafficked persons are found is the introduction by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act in 2004, which created a compulsory licensing system for all employment agents supplying workers for agricultural activities, gathering shellfish and related processing and packaging activities, supervised by a special licensing authority. Thus, reforming employment laws to check abuses in sectors that have formerly gone unpoliced, such as domestic work in private houses or training and deploying labour inspectors or other officials to check the contracts and working conditions of migrant workers is imperative for preventing trafficking for exploitative labour.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 40
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- However, there are overwhelming concerns that States construct and operationalize the concept of safe migration within the framework of the protection of national sovereignty and border security. As a result, it has been observed that measures to ostensibly promote safe migration and prevent trafficking tend to discourage migration altogether in violation of the right to freedom of movement. For instance, a number of States reportedly prohibit certain citizens from migrating, judging them to be potential victims of trafficking based on their sex, age, status or destination countries. For example, India prohibits any female household worker below the age of 30 from obtaining employment in Saudi Arabia. In this process, women are often disproportionately scrutinized, owing to the perception of their vulnerability and hence the need for State intervention to "protect" them from harm. Thus, some States prohibit women under the age of 25 from migrating without the permission of a guardian, or prohibit women from obtaining travel permits, restricting their freedom to travel in search of a livelihood or educational opportunities.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Movement
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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.
- 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
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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.
- 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
- Movement
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Youth
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 45
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- The Special Rapporteur is especially concerned that many awareness-raising campaigns simply use scare tactics to prevent people from leaving home. Such campaigns are counterproductive and cause unintended negative effects. There are reports, for instance, that awareness-raising campaigns resulted in a decrease in children's school attendance because the parents were afraid that their children might be abducted and refusal by some to travel overseas because the traveller thought she would be trafficked if she left the village. Furthermore, some awareness-raising campaigns may result in the unintentional stigmatization of certain groups of trafficked persons, such as women. The Special Rapporteur observed that many of the images and messages used in awareness-raising campaigns tend to focus on women trafficked for forced prostitution, thereby giving the public the wrong impression that trafficking is about prostitution and that all trafficked women are prostitutes. In some countries, such misdirected awareness-raising efforts have reportedly produced overly suspicious law enforcement officers who hinder the exercise by women and girls of the freedom to travel abroad. In addition, such stereotyping and stigmatization may pose obstacles to the reintegration process upon their return to their communities. For example, the Special Rapporteur discovered during her country visit to Belarus that male victims trafficked especially for forced labour in the Russian Federation refused or were very reluctant on their rescue and return to take advantage of psychosocial support designed for the recovery and reintegration of victims owing to the prevailing severe stigmatization in the community of persons who have been trafficked.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Movement
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Families
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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.
- 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
- Personas afectadas
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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.
- 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
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 15
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- Numerous cooperation mechanisms already exist at the international level, with international organizations such as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), carrying out research, awareness-raising activities and training, developing legal instruments and guidelines and funding field projects. However, efforts at that level are not sufficient. They need to be complemented and adapted to a regional perspective, which provides a better setting for closer cooperation, facilitated by a stronger feeling of ownership and greater adaptability to local approaches and realities on the ground.
- 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
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 66
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- OAS has been very active in the provision of training on human trafficking. Through its programmes, consular officers, diplomats, peacekeepers, public security officers and migration officials, together with personnel from various government ministries and civil society in Latin American countries, have had the opportunity to analyse different scenarios to prevent and combat trafficking and learn about the profiles of victims of trafficking, including gender and age as determining factors. Interest was expressed by participants regarding the inclusion of the training materials in the curricula of diplomatic academies. As a result, in 2009 nine countries have confirmed the inclusion of OAS training materials in the curricula of their diplomatic academies.
- 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
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 71
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- Prevention encompasses multiple aspects, from awareness-raising to training, research and development projects. In its latest Work Plan (COMMIT SPA II (2008-2010), COMMIT in the Mekong region has centred its prevention policy on the risks linked to unsafe migration. It includes activities such as research on formal versus informal recruitment of migrant workers, developing regional guidelines, taking direct measures to reduce vulnerabilities in source areas, in the migration and recruitment processes and in workplaces, and promote closer cooperation between sending and receiving countries in monitoring working conditions of migrant workers. COMMIT also promotes the inclusion of trafficking training in secondary school curricula.
- 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
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
The right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons 2011, para. 16
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- The Special Rapporteur also noted in the Human Rights Council report that returning a trafficked person to his or her country of origin may not be an appropriate form of remedy where he or she has lost legal, cultural or social ties with the country of origin and it is no longer in his or her best interest to return to it. For instance, it is conceivable that a child who is trafficked to another country and perpetuated in this situation over decades may lose his or her social and cultural identity in the country of origin. Where these factors exist, restitution may involve reintegration of the trafficked person into the host community or resettlement in a third country.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Civil & Political Rights
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
The right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons 2011, para. 21
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- Some of these obstacles in seeking compensation clearly show that procedural rights of access to remedies are critical preconditions in realizing the substantive right to remedies for trafficked persons. For instance, States must provide trafficked persons with information relating to their rights and mechanisms available to seek remedies, as they would not be able to seek remedies unless they are aware of this essential information. As judicial and administrative proceedings are often complex in many jurisdictions, legal assistance is also crucial for trafficked persons, especially where they are not familiar with the legal system of the country concerned. In addition, regular residence permits in countries where remedies are being sought are an important prerequisite, as it would be very difficult for trafficked persons to seek remedies if they are at risk of expulsion or have already been expelled. The Special Rapporteur found, however, that these measures are often not available to trafficked persons in practice.
- 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
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
The right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons 2011, para. 41
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- It is beyond the scope of the present report to discuss in detail these aspects of the right to an effective remedy, which raise broader issues such as the efficacy of the judicial system and the obligations of States to prevent trafficking in persons. However, the Special Rapporteur emphasizes that they are essential elements of the right to an effective remedy, without which the ultimate objective of enabling trafficked persons to recover from the harms and rebuild their lives with the full enjoyment of human rights, may not be realized. In particular, guarantees of non-repetition, which include measures to prevent trafficking, constitute an important form of remedy in view of the risks of re-trafficking that trafficked persons may be exposed to. To this end, the Palermo Protocol imposes an obligation on States to undertake various measures aimed at prevention of trafficking, ranging from tackling the root causes to providing or strengthening training of law enforcement officers, immigration and other relevant officials in the prevention 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
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
The right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons 2011, para. 61
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- The importance of implementing this right in a holistic manner has received peripheral attention by States, which instead tend to focus on criminal justice responses. Trafficked persons are often seen as "instruments" of criminal investigation, rather than as holders of rights. In many States, trafficked persons do not receive remedies in a holistic manner as a matter of right, but are only provided with ad hoc measures which are effectively by-products of criminal investigation, such as temporary residence permits contingent upon cooperation with law enforcement authorities and assistance in recovery which is in turn tied to temporary residence permits. Trafficked persons are rarely known to have received compensation, as they are often not provided with the information, legal and other assistance and residence status necessary to access it. At worst, many trafficked persons are wrongly identified as irregular migrants, detained and deported before they have an opportunity to even consider seeking remedies.
- 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
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
The right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons 2011, para. 76
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- States should also provide trafficked persons with temporary or permanent residence permits on social and humanitarian grounds, where a safe return to the country of origin is not guaranteed or a return would not otherwise be in the best interests of the trafficked person for reasons related to his or her personal circumstances, such as the loss of citizenship or cultural and social identity in the country of origin. States should also independently consider trafficked persons' claims for asylum, giving due consideration to any risks of reprisals and retaliation by traffickers which could constitute persecution within the meaning of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
The issue of human trafficking in supply chains 2012, para. 9
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- Businesses may be linked to human trafficking in various ways. They may be directly implicated in the crime of trafficking when they recruit, transport, harbour or receive persons for the purpose of exploitation during the course of their business. This may occur with or without the knowledge of the management or if the company has recruited the persons itself or through a third party, such as a private recruitment agency. For example, the construction industry has been linked to trafficking in this manner, exploiting internal or international migrants supplied through informal and clandestine recruitment systems.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Economic Rights
- Movement
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
The issue of human trafficking in supply chains 2012, para. 11
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- Furthermore, businesses may be indirectly associated with the crime of trafficking when their suppliers, subcontractors or business partners supply goods or services produced or provided by trafficked persons. This type of situation creates significant challenges for businesses, given that supply chains in today's global economy are often complex and may involve multiple layers of suppliers and subcontractors in various countries and regions, which hampers monitoring of the entire production process. In recent years, a growing number of companies, in particular those with complex global supply chains, have been increasingly faced with allegations of trafficking within their supply chains made by the media and civil society organizations. For example, global clothing companies have been accused of human trafficking and slavery through the use of subcontractors who exploited migrant workers in Asia, while chocolate and confectionary companies have been accused of benefiting from trafficked children who were forced to work under harsh conditions in cocoa farms in West Africa. An international tobacco company has also been linked to allegations of trafficking and forced labour through the conduct of tobacco farm owners who supply tobacco to the company's subsidiary in Kazakhstan. In the tobacco farms, children of migrant workers were reportedly employed under harsh conditions considered to be the worst forms of child labour and some employers allegedly confiscated migrant workers' passports, did not pay regular wages, cheated them of earnings and forced them to work excessively long hours. While the international company had no direct contractual relationship with the tobacco farm owners, it has nevertheless found it difficult to disassociate itself from the allegations in the light of the significant economic benefits that it ultimately derives from such conduct.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Economic Rights
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
The issue of human trafficking in supply chains 2012, para. 19
- Paragraph text
- Immigration laws could also contribute to preventing migrant workers from being trafficked into supply chains. Increasing opportunities for legal, gainful and non-exploitative labour migration is a measure that States may take to prevent trafficking in persons (E/2002/68/Add.1, guideline 7, para. 7). 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 (see A/65/288, para. 42). For example, the Protocol Relating to Free Movement of Persons, Residence and Establishment concluded under the auspices of the Economic Community of West African States, mandates the abolition of visa and entry permits for Community citizens, giving them greater freedom of movement between member States. While the implementation of the Protocol has reportedly been limited and it is difficult to assess its impact in preventing trafficking in persons, it nevertheless stands as an example of a framework that could encourage the regularization of population movements and hence decrease the risk of trafficking.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Movement
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
The issue of human trafficking in supply chains 2012, para. 40
- Paragraph text
- Creative campaigns enable consumers to make informed decisions about the products that they buy and to ensure that they are free of trafficked labour. For example, the "Buy Responsibly" campaign, launched by the International Organization for Migration, uses various media to raise public awareness of the fact that products purchased regularly may be made using trafficked or exploited labour and provides practical information about how consumers may make informed choices in purchasing products. Not for Sale, a non-governmental organization, also strategically uses various media to educate consumers about how their products are made. For example, it has launched an interactive online survey about consumer lifestyles to find out the number of slaves who probably would have been involved in sourcing and producing the products that the respondent owns and uses every day. It also runs the "Free2Work" campaign, which provides consumers with ratings on the basis of a brand's trafficking-related policies, transparency, monitoring and worker rights.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
The issue of human trafficking in supply chains 2012, para. 45
- Paragraph text
- There are other positive multi-stakeholder initiatives led by international organizations. For example, the International Organization for Migration has successfully supported and promoted public-private partnerships in India, engaging the private sector, the Government and non-governmental organizations. The partnerships focused on creating economic enterprises and providing employment opportunities to tackle the root causes of trafficking and irregular migration, such as poverty and lack of educational and livelihood opportunities, and to assist the victims of trafficking in recovery. They have reached out to more than 600 survivors, involved 20 corporations and 20 non-governmental organizations and garnered the support of local governments and law enforcement agencies. They have successfully led to the establishment of economic enterprises that provided employment opportunities for trafficked persons, including a mechanized laundry unit in Goa known as "Swift Wash", supported by various companies and the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Movement
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
A human rights-based approach to the administration of criminal justice in cases of trafficking in persons 2012, para. 23
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- Trafficked persons are often arrested, detained, charged and even prosecuted for such unlawful activities as entering illegally, working illegally or engaging in prostitution. The vulnerability of trafficked persons to such treatment is often directly linked to their situation: their identity documents may be forged or have been taken away from them, and the exploitative activities in which they are or have been engaged, such as prostitution, soliciting or begging, may be illegal in the State of destination. Criminalization is also possible in countries of origin, where returned victims of trafficking may be penalized for unlawful or unauthorized departure.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Movement
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
A human rights-based approach to the administration of criminal justice in cases of trafficking in persons 2012, para. 27
- Paragraph text
- International bodies, including the Open-ended Interim Working Group on Trafficking in Persons, have confirmed non-prosecution of trafficked persons as the relevant international legal standard. The Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking also provide that trafficked persons "are not to be prosecuted for violations of immigration laws or for the activities they are involved in as a direct consequence of their situation as trafficked persons". Both the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly have made similar recommendations, as have regional bodies and instruments.
- 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
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
A human rights-based approach to the administration of criminal justice in cases of trafficking in persons 2012, para. 41
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- For example, Canada provides trafficking victims with a 180-day period of reflection and options for obtaining temporary residence permits, including for stays of up to three years. The Netherlands offers a period of reflection of three months that is not conditional on participation in the justice process and provides immigration remedies to foreign trafficking victims, including, in certain circumstances, options for permanent residence status. In accordance with measure No. 7 of its Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking (2006-2009), Norway affords victims a six-month period of reflection free of conditions, which includes access to assistance and services. Italy does not limit the time given to trafficking victims to recuperate and to decide whether to assist authorities. In addition, foreign child victims receive an automatic residence permit until the age of 18.
- 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
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
A human rights-based approach to the administration of criminal justice in cases of trafficking in persons 2012, para. 52
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- Government agencies and non-governmental organizations may collaborate in other innovative ways, as seen in the development of a new reporting mechanism in the Philippines. Recognizing that Filipinos are some of the most prolific users of short message service (SMS) technology in the world, a plan entitled "SOS SMS for Overseas Filipino Workers in Distress was created in 2006. For Filipinos abroad, SOS SMS is an all-hours text-based ICT mechanism implemented in coordination with non-governmental organizations and Government agencies to enable trafficked persons to solicit help via any SMS-enabled telephone system. The programme allows for instantaneous and inexpensive reporting, and facilitates counselling, guidance and emergency assistance.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 20
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- The focus of the present report is on one aspect of the broader environment sketched above: the exploitation of persons who are compelled by need or force to provide organs for transplantation to people within their own countries or to foreigners, to use the language of the Doha Communiqué of the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group, adopted on 14 April 2013. The terminology around this phenomenon is not settled. Some States and intergovernmental organizations claim that there is a difference between trafficking in organs and trafficking in persons for the removal of organs, with the latter a small subset of the former. The Special Rapporteur considers that the difference is largely semantic, given that organs are not moved or traded independently of their source. Rather, the source is moved or positioned in such a way as to make transplantation possible. Accordingly, it is more accurate to characterize the practice described above as "trafficking in persons for the removal of organs".
- 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
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2013
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 30
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- There is growing evidence that Sudanese migrants making their way to Europe with the help of smugglers are allegedly being targeted for organ harvesting in Egypt. Smugglers detain them in Cairo and demand large sums of money for travel and other costs. Victims are often deceived into consenting to sell their organs or are unaware that their organs will be removed as a way of discharging the alleged debt (see A/HRC/20/30). In 2011, 57 such victims, including five children, reported a deterioration of their health and negative social, economic and psychological consequences following the experience.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Health
- Movement
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2013
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo