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Human Trafficking across the Commonwealth -------------------------------------------------------- |
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| Kofi Annan had stated:"Despite the actions taken at the national, regional and international levels on the issue of trafficking in persons, particularly in women and girls, and on sexual exploitation of women and girls, there is still much to be done by governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), civil society and academic institutions...Measures to discourage traffickers should be introduced and victims of trafficking should be protected and assisted, including through the provision of legal and physical assistance, as well as health care." (United Nations Report by Secretary-General, August 2002) Trafficking is the fastest growing form of modern slavery, affecting every continent in the world. Approximately 800,000- 900,000 people annually are trafficked across international borders world-wide.(Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report 2003 by the U.S. Department of State). This e-alert is an attempt to bring together online resources on the issue of Human Trafficking across the Commonwealth. |
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| 1. | Facts and Figures |
| 2. | UN Protocols and Conventions |
| 3. | Other Conventions |
| 4. | International Law on Trafficking |
| 5. | Countrywise Human Trafficking Law |
| 6. | Trafficking in Persons Country Report 2003 |
| 7. | Related Documents |
1.
FACTS AND FIGURES What is “trafficking in persons”? New IOM figures on the global scale of trafficking Human
Trafficking overview factsheets
2.
UN PROTOCOLS AND CONVENTIONS The Protocol
to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights principles and guidelines
on Human Rights and Trafficking, E/2002/68/Add.1 (2002). Protocol
to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially
women and children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against
Transnational organised crime Protocol
to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially
Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against
Transnational Organised Crime, G.A. res. 55/25, annex II, 55 U.N.
GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 60, U.N. Doc. A/45/49 (Vol. I) (2001). Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against
Women Adopted by General Assembly resolution A/54/4 on 6 October 1999
and opened for signature on 10 December 1999, Human Rights Day entry
into force 22 December 2000 Protocol
Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, Supplementing
the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Crime, G.A. res.
55/25, annex III, 55 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 65, U.N. Doc. A/45/49
(Vol. I) (2001). 1979
(Entered into force in 1981) Slavery
Convention, 60 L.N.T.S. 253, entered into force March 9, 1927 3.
OTHER CONVENTIONS Declaration
from the 11th SAARC Summit Ad-Hoc
Committee on the Elaboration of a Convention Against Transnational
Organised Crime--NGO Joint Submissions on Protocol against the Smuggling
of Migrants by Land, Air and Sea AND Protocol to Prevent, Suppress
and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children,
Eighth Session, Vienna, 21 February - 3 March 2000 ARIAT
Regional Action Plan against Trafficking in Persons, especially women
and children SAARC
Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children
in Prostitution Memorandum
to the honourable Members of the Standing Committee of the 10th SAARC
Summit International
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children
(Geneva, 30 September 1921) Entry into force generally: 15 June 1922,
Entry into force for Australia: 28 June 1922 4.
International Laws Budapest
declaration on public health & trafficking in Human Beings Brussels
declaration on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings 5.
Human Trafficking Law II. Malaysia III.
New Zealand IV. Northern
Ireland V. United
Kingdom VI. Zambia
6.
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORTS Trafficking in Persons Report 2003:
Cameroon Trafficking of Persons Report 2003:
Canada Trafficking in Persons Report 2003:
Ghana Trafficking in Persons Report 2003:
Malawi Trafficking in Persons Report 2003:
India Trafficking in Persons Report 2003:
Malaysia Trafficking in Persons Report 2003:
Mauritius Trafficking in Persons Report 2003:
Nigeria Trafficking in Persons Report 2003:
South Africa Trafficking in Persons Report 2003:
Sri Lanka Trafficking in Persons Report 2003:
Uganda Trafficking in Persons Report 2003:
United Kingdom Human
Rights Report for India: Trafficking in Persons 7.
RELATED DOCUMENTS 15 countries
could face U.S. sanctions for not acting to end human trafficking
Trafficking
of women in South Asia: M. Tumbahamphe and B. Bhattarai in Nepal Victims
of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000: Trafficking in
Persons Report Letter
to Colin Powell on the Trafficking in Persons Report 2003 New report
slams government on trafficking women: UK What
the Professionals Know: The Trafficking of Children Into, and Through,
the UK For Sexual Purposes Crime
Assessment - Trafficking of human beings into the European Union Organised
crime moves into migrant trafficking Coalition
against Trafficking in women, declaration of Rights for Women in conditions
of Sex Trafficking and Prostitution (Dacca, Bangladesh, 29 January
1999) The need
for effective witness protection in the prosecution of traffickers:
a human rights framework for witness protection Traffic
in women and girls- from the Commission on Human Rights Trafficking
in women and girls - A United Nations document from the General Assembly Information
campaigns against Trafficking Victims
of trafficking becoming more isolated and vulnerable Combating
trafficking of women and children in South Asia--Supplemental study
on legal frameworks relevant to Human Trafficking in South Asia Trafficking
in Women and Children in South Asia:An overview Statement
by Mrs. Preeti Saran,Counsellor, Permanent Mission of India at the
59th Session of the Commission on Human Rights Prevention
of trafficking and the care and support of trafficked persons: In
the context of an emerging HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nepal Resistance
- Against trafficking in women and children in South Asia Trafficking
of Nepali girls and women to India's brothels Women
in India's trafficking belt Nepal
to India: Ending the trafficker’s paradise Combating
trafficking of Women and Children in South Asia: Regional synthesis
paper for Bangladesh, India, and Nepal Dealing
with Trafficking in Persons: Another dimension of US-India transformation Human
Rights Report for India: Trafficking in Persons Nepal:
The problems of trafficking in women and children A comparative
study of women Trafficked in the migration process The trafficking
of women and children in the Southern African region Is trafficking
in human beings demand driven?A Multi-Country pilot study Getting
at the roots: Stopping exploitation of Migrant workers by organized
crime Defining
trafficking in women and children for sexual exploitation Resource
list (in print) on Trafficking in women and children Report
of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women on trafficking
in women, women’s migration and violence against women, E/CN.4/2000/68,
submitted to the Commission on Human Rights, 29 February 2000. Trafficking
in women and children:The U.S. and International response International
experts in Sri Lanka to combat human smuggling Organized
crime and people smuggling/trafficking to Australia Australia
in new moves to crack down on people-smuggling Sex trafficking
to Africa Trafficking
in Persons; An Analysis of Afghanistan
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