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Much of the international legal and
human rights framework to fight human trafficking, especially of
children and women, is already in place..
1. Definition of “human
trafficking”:
TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS: refers to the
recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of
persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of
coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of
power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or
receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person
having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.
Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the
prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced
labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery,
servitude or the removal of organs.
SOURCE: Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in
Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (article 3
(a)).
2. The ILO’s
international Conventions relating to trafficking in children and
women:
Trafficking in children and women for sexual or labour
exploitation is equivalent to slavery and the worst forms of child
labour. The ILO, through its IPEC Mekong Project to Combat
Trafficking in Children and Women, relies on a number of ILO
Conventions, including the following:
Convention 29 – Forced Labour Convention, 1930
(English),
(Chinese),
(Thai),
(other Mekong languages pending)
Convention
182 – Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (English),
(Chinese),
(Khmer),
(Lao),
(Thai),
(Vietnamese)
Convention 138 – Minimum Age Convention, 1973
(English),
(Chinese),
(Khmer),
(Lao),
(Thai),
(Vietnamese pending)
3. UN guidelines to
States and intergovernmental organizations on preventing trafficking
within the wider human rights framework:
“Strategies aimed at preventing trafficking should take into
account demand as a root cause. States and intergovernmental
organizations should also take into account the factors that
increase vulnerability to trafficking, including inequality, poverty
and all forms of discrimination and prejudice. Effective prevention
strategies should be based on existing experience and accurate
information.”
SOURCE: Guideline 7: “Recommended Principles and Guidelines on
Human Rights and Human Trafficking” (OHCHR, New York & Geneva,
2002)
Download all 11 of the OHCHR’s Recommended Principles and
Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking (English),
(Chinese),
(other Mekong languages pending)
We can be reached at prevention@childtrafficking.net
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