Full title in original language:
Global Report on Trafficking in Persons
Education level:
University University (18+ years)Topic / subtopic:
Trafficking in persons / smuggling of migrants Defining the concept of trafficking in persons Prevention of trafficking in persons Human-rights based approach to trafficking in persons Criminal justice response to trafficking in persons Trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants in conflict situations Efforts of the international community Gender dimension in trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants phenomenaCybercrime Cybercrime in the context of trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrantsOrganized crime Organized crime markets United Nations Convention against transnational organized crime and related international instruments International cooperation to combat transnational organized crime Law enforcement tools and law enforcement cooperation Prosecution strategiesTarget audience:
Other stakeholders,
Professors,
Students,
Teachers / Lecturers
Type of resource:
Publication / Article
Languages:
English
Region of relevance:
Global
Access:
open access
Corporate authors:
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Publication year:
2009
Published by:
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Copyright holder:
© United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Contact website:
Key themes:
Organized crime
organised crime
transnational organized crime
transnational organised crime
human trafficking
trafficking in persons
trafficking in human beings
sex trafficking
sexual exploitation
labour trafficking
labor trafficking
labour exploitation
labor exploitation
exploitation of labour
exploitation of labor
forced labour
forced labor
slavery
servitude
child trafficking
child exploitation
exploitation of children
trafficking of children
organ removal
organ trafficking
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime
Organized Crime Convention
Organised Crime Convention
Palermo Convention
UNTOC
Human Trafficking Protocol
Trafficking in Persons Protocol
investigation
prosecution
law enforcement
international cooperation
Links:
Short description:
In March 2007, UNODC conducted, in the framework of the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT), a study on the state of the world’s response to the crime of human trafficking. The research looked beyond the ratification of the Protocol to ask how many countries had formulated national legislation and created supporting institutions and how many investigations, prosecutions and convictions these efforts had produced. This report presents the information gathered by 10 UNODC researchers from 155 countries and territories from September 2007 until July 2008. The information itself pertains to the period 2003 to 2007. These data show that the efforts of the international community to promote action on human trafficking resulted in a tremendous amount of national activity, much of it very recent, to combat the trade in human beings and to ameliorate its effects. At the same time, the research also revealed two related problems. The first is that some countries are not collecting even basic data, and many are not collecting data in a way that facilitates insight into the national situation, let alone meeting standards of international comparability. The second problem is that the information gathered does not shed light on the most fundamental question: Have all these efforts been successful in reducing human trafficking worldwide?
