{"id":108,"date":"2015-03-10T17:31:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T21:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2019-02-19T16:32:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T21:32:22","slug":"trafficking-in-persons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/thematic-areas\/transnational-threats\/trafficking-in-persons\/","title":{"rendered":"Trafficking in Persons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trafficking in persons is a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights, which threatens national security and undermines sustainable development and the rule of law, as recognised in the Declaration of the High-level Meeting on the Rule of Law <div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\">[para. 24].<\/p>\n<p>The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ system offers practical help to States, to draft laws and create comprehensive national anti-trafficking strategies and assist with resources to implement them. States receive specialized assistance including the development of local capacity and expertise, as well as practical tools to encourage cross-border cooperation in investigations and prosecutions. The adoption in 2000 by the United Nations General Assembly of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/ProfessionalInterest\/Pages\/ProtocolTraffickingInPersons.aspx\">Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children<\/a> marked a significant milestone in international efforts to stop the trade in people. A vast majority of States have now signed and ratified the Protocol. Other Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ responses include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ungift.org\/knowledgehub\/icat\/about.html\">the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalmigrationgroup.org\/\">the Global Migration Group<\/a>, established by General Assembly resolution <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=%20A\/RES\/61\/180\">A\/RES\/61\/180<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Relevant Documents and Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unodc.org\/unodc\/index.html\">United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵODC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unodc.org\/unodc\/en\/human-trafficking\/what-is-human-trafficking.html?ref=menuside\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵODC &#8211; Human Trafficking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ungift.org\/knowledgehub\/icat\/about.html\">The Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trafficking in persons is a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights, which threatens national security and undermines sustainable development and the rule of law, as recognised in the Declaration of the High-level Meeting on the Rule of Law<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":277,"featured_media":10349,"parent":66,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-108","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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