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Civil society organizations, educators, students, entertainers, families: everybody plays a role in the fight against human trafficking. People and groups acting alone, and operating within national or local borders, can have only a limited impact on preventing and fighting trafficking.
This online forum is specifically designed to solicit inputs on the "draft basic principles on the right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons". The Special Rapporteur plans to submit the final document to the Human Rights Council in June 2011 as part of her thematic report on this topic..
The overwhelming majority of trafficked individuals are women and children. Data suggests that women and children are primary victims of this crime, which has a negative effect on efforts to alleviate poverty.
Around the world, human trafficking continues because of ignorance. Individuals made vulnerable by need, conflict or social practices may accept a fraudulent offer of employment because ...
Actors, filmmakers, writers and others have lent their names to a cause that is close to their hearts: ending human trafficking.
Half of victims of human trafficking are under 18 years old. Young men and women are more vulnerable to trafficking and exploitation. But also, youngsters are becoming part of the solution...
Red Light Campaign Twinterview Tuesday feb 7 15:00 (Vienna time)
Project Childhood launched in Lao PDRing
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports efforts to tackle child trafficking
Red Light Campaign Twinterview Tuesday feb 7 15:00 (Vienna time)
The Red Light Campaign is centered around an exhibition of thought provoking photographs, which graphically humanise suffering. Constantly evolving, the exhibition is more than a collection of photos; it is a catalyst for action and events which contribute to the fight against human trafficking.
Project Childhood launched in Lao PDRing
An initiative to combat the sexual exploitation of children in the travel and tourism sectors of the Greater Mekong sub-region was presented in Lao PDR. Project Childhood is a $7.5 million Australian AID (AusAID)-funded initiative focusing on Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports efforts to tackle child trafficking
Strengthening regional co-operation and dialogue for an effective response to human and child trafficking is the aim of an OSCE-supported regional workshop that started in Skopje last week. The project, organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje in co-operation with the French Government, aims at identifying and reinforcing the most efficient mechanisms and practices for preventing, identifying, referring and protecting child victims.