In its resolution 7/1, entitled "Strengthening the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto", the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime decided that the Working Group on Trafficking in Persons will be a constant element of the Conference.
The tenth session of the Working Group on Trafficking in Persons will be held on 10 and 11 September 2020 in Vienna, Austria.
Information on the mechanism for the review of the implementation of UNTOC and its Protocols can be found on the webpage of the review mechanism that will be progressively updated with relevant information.
Information note for participants (Status: 24 August 2020)
Proposed organization of work in view of COVID-19 restrictions and hybrid/in-person meeting format
Participants Guide to Interprefy meetings (Speaking and Listening function)
Participants Guide to Interprefy meetings (Speaking function)
Guidance for participants of meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic
UN Code of Conduct to prevent harassment, including sexual harassment, at UN system events
Annotated provisional agenda
List of Participants
Guidance on the issue of appropriate criminal justice responses to victims who have been compelled to commit offences as a result of their being trafficked Background paper prepared by the Secretariat
Best practices in joint investigations and specialized prosecutions. Background paper prepared by the Secretariat
Report of the meeting of the Working Group on Trafficking in Persons held in Vienna on 10 and 11 September 2020
Amina Oufroukhi, Head of the Specialized Public Prosecution and International Judicial Cooperation Unit at the Presidency of Public Prosecutions, Kingdom of Morocco, has been selected as the Chairperson of the 10th Working Group on Trafficking in Persons.
Interview in English here.
Interview in Arabic here.
Statements reproduced as received
General Statements:
Angola, Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, New Zealand, Mexico, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United States of America
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Statements on Agenda Item 2
Brazil, France, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Thailand, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons
Statements on Agenda Item 3
Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Indonesia, France, South Africa
Hosna Jalil
Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs and Policy Strategy
(Afghanistan)
Elisabetta Pugliese
Public Prosecutor, National Anti-Maria and
Counterterrorism Directorate
(Italy)
Juan Manuel Zavala Evangelista
Coordinador General Técnico (FEVIMTRA)
(Mexico)
Julie Okah-Donli
Director General (NAPTIP)
(Nigeria)
Raoudha Labidi
Présidente, l’Instance nationale de lutte
contre la traite des personnes
(Tunisia)
Panellist presentation on Agenda Item 2
Panellist presentation on Agenda Item 2 (appropriate criminal justice responses)
Panellist presentation on Agenda Item 2 (appropriate criminal justice responses)
Panellist presentation on Agenda Item 2 (appropriate criminal justice responses)
Panellist presentation on Agenda Item 2 (appropriate criminal justice responses)
Pam Bowen
Senior Policy Advisor
Crown Prosecution Service
(U.K)
William Nolan
Special Litigation Counsel
Department of Justice
(United States of America)
Carina Sanchez Fernandes
Agente Fiscal
Ministerio Público
(Paraguay)
Panellists presentation Item 3 (joint investigations)
Panellists presentation Item 3 (joint investigations)
Panellists presentation Item 3 (joint investigations)