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Welcome to the Council of Europe’s web site devoted to the fight against trafficking in human beings |
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CAHTEH Documents |
The Council of Europe Convention on Action
against Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS N° 197) was adopted by the
Committee of Ministers on 3 May 2005 and opened for signature in Warsaw on
16 May 2005, on the occasion of the 3rd Summit of Heads of State and
Government of the Council of Europe. The text of the Convention and its
Explanatory Report are available here. ***** Non-official translations: German, Macedonian, Dutch (Belgium), Romanian, Slovenian ***** The Convention is a comprehensive treaty mainly focussed on the protection of victims of trafficking and the safeguard of their rights. It also aims at preventing trafficking as well as prosecuting traffickers. The Convention applies to all forms of trafficking; whether national or transnational, whether or not related to organised crime. It applies whoever the victim: women, men or children and whatever the form of exploitation: sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, etc. The Convention provides for the setting up of an independent monitoring mechanism guaranteeing parties’ compliance with its provisions. |
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Every year, thousands of women, children and men fall victim to
trafficking for the purposes of sexual or other exploitation, both within
and over borders. This phenomenon has reached such unprecedented levels
that it can truly be called a new form of slavery. |
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