Iata position paper on human trafficking pdf human trafficking. Human trafficking across borders and the need for a global response ying chieh lee cuny city college. Slavery, forced labor, debt bondage, and human trafficking. Dancers at love and music bar, angeles city by blemished paradise is licensed under cc bysa 2. The unodc voluntary trust fund for victims of human trafficking provides grassroots humanitarian, legal, and financial aid to victims of trafficking through governmental, intergovernmental, and civil society organizations the key aim is to give people from all walks of life including governments, the private sector, international organizations, ngos, and individuals the opportunity to. Sexual assault human trafficking based on commercial sex requires that the person has been forced to provide sexual services for profit. Indicators of trafficking in persons united nations office on drugs. Human trafficking indicators united nations office on drugs and. The common push factor that has been identified as the main driving force behind human trafficking is the abject poverty. Initially, trafficking of women and girls for forced sex work and, to a lesser extent, domestic servitude, were the sole focus of advocacy and assistance. Regardless of the source, it is important to note that these figures represent a conservative estimate of the prevalence of human trafficking in the u. As the tech sector evolved, it gave traffickers new and easier ways to recruit victims, with an accent on social medias role.
Every year airlines safely fly more than four billion passengers over some 20,000 city pairs. Trafficking for sexual exploitation state of affairs sexual exploitation could be referred to as the abuse or unfair treatment of people especially females because of their sex. Human trafficking is an increasingly recognized global health crisis affecting individuals in every country and in every region of the world. Human trafficking is a vicious crime against a persons human rights and has been denoted as a form of modernday slavery. It identifies those human rights that are commonly affected by trafficking and considers the situation of special groups with reference to additional or different rights to which they may be entitled.
The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of. Human trafficking unodc united nations office on drugs and crime. Although many victims of human trafficking are coerced into traveling across borders, movement is not a requirement to be. Global estimates of modern slavery pdf unodc global report on trafficking in persons pdf. Igos focused on human trafficking include the united nations office on drugs and crime unodc, which started the global programme against trafficking in human beings in 1999, the international labour organization ilo, the international criminal police organization, and the international organization for migration. Iata guidance on human trafficking first edition, june 2018 4 aviation is the business of freedom. The 2016 global report on trafficking in persons was prepared by the unodc crime research section under the supervision of jeanluc lemahieu, director of the division for policy analysis and public affairs and angela me, chief of the research and trend analysis branch. Hub united nations global initiative to fight human trafficking is working with all stakeholders governments, business, academia, civil society and the media to disseminate. The role of recruitment fees and abusive and fraudulent recruitment practices of recruitment agencies in trafficking in persons. Alarming trends in human trafficking in east asia and the pacific have raised the urgency of dealing with the menace. Human trafficking can occur within a country or transnationally. The work was led by the antihuman trafficking and migrant smuggling unit ahtmsu of unodc, supervised by ms riikka puttonen and facilitated by mr dave newton. Antihuman trafficking manual for criminal justice practitioners.
An introduction to human trafficking united nations office on. Isse 21 1 issue brief 7 introduction the development of technology has had an important influence on the crime of trafficking in persons, presenting both challenges and opportunities. For further information regarding unodcs work to combat. For further information regarding unodc s work to combat.
This chapter also summarizes what is involved in taking a human rightsbased approach to. Unodc india 2008 training manual for prosecutors on confronting human trafficking. The report has revealed that 27 per cent of all victims of human. Model law against trafficking in persons united nations office on. Recent reports suggest that onethird of all human trafficking victims are. Consider which aspects of trafficking are most relevant to address in your location e. Total number of detected victims reported to unodc. Unodc india 2007 protocol on inter state rescue and post rescue activitiesrelating to. Unodc india 2008 manual for training police on antihuman trafficking. The overwhelming majority of those victims are women and children. Prostitution human trafficking requires that the person has been. Victims of human trafficking are subjected to force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of commercial sex, debt bondage, or forced labor. Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others.
A report by the international labour organization estimates that 24. A form of modernday slavery, human trafficking is defined by the u. In this chapter, the prevalence of organ trafficking will be explored, especially in relation to transplant tourism. The report is one chapter of a lengthy unodc publication entitled the globalization of crime a transnational organized crime threat assessment toc report. Human trafficking and business case studies this publication features a series of case studies that illustrate some of the many things employers can do to address human trafficking. Human trafficking, is defined by the united nations office on drugs and crime unodc in their protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons document as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of.
By conservative estimates, the cost of trafficking in terms of. Human trafficking is the fastest growing and second largest criminal industry in the world. For example, tech against trafficking, a coalition of technology companies working to combat human trafficking and supported by different stakeholders including international organizations such the organization for security and cooperation. Gift secretariat at unodc, the antihuman trafficking and migrant smuggling unit of unodc. Human trafficking and the internet and other technologies.
A global shortage of organs has driven the industry, relying on poor populations to be donors and wealthy foreigners to be recipients. Coordinate with your local human trafficking task force, if available, and with trafficking victims service providers and local law enforcement to conduct this analysis. Human trafficking always involves coercion and exploitation. We are formulating the hub under these three concepts, as an online platform where everyone can participate to disseminate and create knowledge on human.
Convention against transnational organized crime, please go to. A brief overview introduction millions of men, women and children are victims of human trafficking for sexual, forced labor and other forms of exploitation worldwide. Iata is also working with airports and other stakeholders within the air transport sector to raise awareness on human trafficking and share our guidance material, including recognize and report practice. For additional information about trafficking in persons and the united nations office on drugs and crime, including our publications, please visit our website. Lexisnexis also is engaged in the effort to combat human trafficking and has been instrumental in promoting and introducing an array of technologydriven tools to assist in detecting, monitoring, and researching human trafficking, including a national database of social service providers. In some cases, traffickers trick, defraud or physically force victims into selling sex. Human trafficking as a symptom of poverty an overview on almost every continent, children of poor, marginalized communities that have experienced violent political conflict or natural disaster in recent past decades much like those in haiti, colombia, indonesia, and uganda are at high risk of being sold or kidnapped into sex slavery.
In the area of combatting human trafficking, technology is both a help and a hindrance. Protocol to prevent, suppress and punish the trafficking in persons, especially women and children, supplementing the united nations convention against transnational organized crime. The database is the only global public record of information on human trafficking crimes an. It differs from smuggling, which illegally moves people across borders at their request. The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring 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. However, it is still target of critiques made by a. Its a multibillion dollar criminal industry that denies freedom to 25 million people around the world. Unodc, global report on trafficking in persons 2012. Unodc india 2008 manual for training police on anti human trafficking.
Human trafficking is the business of stealing freedom for profit. United nations interagency project on human trafficking. Organ trafficking is possibly one of the most covert forms of human trafficking. Human trafficking is the sale and exploitation of human beings. Needs assessment toolkit on the criminal justice response. Today, there is recognition that women, children and men are trafficked into many different. Enhancing operational capacity to investigate and disrupt human trafficking activities in the western balkans. The human and economic costs of this take an immense toll on individuals and communities. In others, victims are lied to, assaulted, threatened or manipulated into working under inhumane, illegal or otherwise unacceptable conditions. According to the united nations office of drugs and crime, human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or. International framework for action to implement the trafficking in. Human trafficking national human trafficking resource center 1. It is a public health and a human rights issue that affects women and children disproportionately. Core team kristiina kangaspunta, fabrizio sarrica, tejal jesrani, raggie.
July 7, 2010 the united nations office on drugs and crime unodc released a document on june 29, 2010, on the problem of human trafficking in europe, entitled trafficking of persons to europe for sexual exploitation. The root causes of trafficking are various and often differ from one country to another. More than 85 percent of victims were trafficked from within the region, according to the global report on trafficking in persons 2016, published by the united nations office on drugs and crimes unodc. Htfl human trafficking for the purpose of forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, and servitude htro human trafficking for the purpose of removal of organs htse human trafficking for the purpose the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation. Human trafficking human trafficking has received increasing global attention over the past decade. Needs assessment toolkit on the criminal justice response to.
Trafficking sex andor labor are the more commonly thought of forms of human trafficking among public policy leaders and general awareness campaigns. Figure 1 provides a visual breakdown of the number of human trafficking cases reported in each state in 2017. Almost every country in the world is affected by human trafficking, either as a country of origin, a transit country, or a destination country. Victims of trafficking in humans can be found in a variety of situations. Introduction brazil is one the most influential countries of south america, being a model of economic growth and development in the region. Reasons behind expansion of human trafficking in india. Organ trafficking, a lucrative global illicit trade, is often a lesser discussed form of human trafficking among antihuman trafficking stakeholders due to its intricate and often stealth nature. Created as a result of the 2009 council of europe convention on action against trafficking in human being, run by the uks human trafficking centre as part of the national crime agency, provides a record of every suspected potential victim of human trafficking pvot reported to the uk authorities. In addition to its enormous human cost, human trafficking is estimated to be one of the most profitable generating crime in the world, proceeds with the international labour organisation estimating that forced labour generates usd 150. The problem of human trafficking what is human trafficking. Jun 26, 2018 organ trafficking, a lucrative global illicit trade, is often a lesser discussed form of human trafficking among anti human trafficking stakeholders due to its intricate and often stealth nature. The work on the unodc model law against trafficking in persons has been carried out by the organized. Global report on trafficking in persons united nations office on.
The global report on trafficking in persons 2012 released by the united nations office on drugs and crime unodc provides an overview of patterns and flows of trafficking in persons at global, regional and national levels, based on trafficking cases detected between 2007 and 2010 or more recent cases. The 2006 armed conflict in lebanon, which saw 300,000 domestic workers from sri lanka, ethiopia and the philippines jobless and targets of traffickers, led to an emergency information campaign with ngo caritas migrant to raise human trafficking awareness. Unodc 2006 measures to combat trafficking in human beings in benin, nigeria and togo. It is a situation where a person is considered for herhis sexual attraction, without taking into consideration herhis human dignity. Technology abetting traffickers and eradicating trafficking. If other ht factors are present, sexual assault can be a type of forced labor. The united nations office on drugs and crime unodc defines human trafficking as. National trafficking resource center, human trafficking victims have been identified in cities, suburbs, and rural areas in all 50 states, and in washington, dc. Unodc, ms klara skrivankova antislavery international, ms alexandra souza. A 2005 situational assessment of human trafficking in the sadc region. Countries that have ratified the palermo protocol are required to make human trafficking a crime. Department of state as the act of recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining a person for compelled labor or commercial sex acts through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. The report has revealed that 27 per cent of all victims of human trafficking officially. Gift, a study on the state of the worlds response to the crime of human trafficking.
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