Reports from International Organizations
United Nations
The following reports set forth the United Nations’ position on
trafficking- that it is a human rights violation and States have
an obligation to prevent, investigate and punish acts of trafficking
as well as ensure that the rights and dignity of trafficking victims
are protected. For a discussion of the international law on trafficking,
see Trafficking: Law and Policy.
Further information about the United
Nations system is also available in the International Law section
of this site.
Integration
of the Human Rights of Women and the Gender Perspective - Violence
Against Women, Report of the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against
Women, its causes and consequences, Radhika Coommarswamy, on trafficking
in women, women’s migration, submitted in accordance with Commission
on Human Rights resolution (United Nations E/CN.4/2000/68), 29
February 2000.
Recommended
Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking,
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,
Mary Robinson, to the Economic and Social Council (United Nations
E/2002/68/Add.1), 20 May 2002.
[PDF, 16 pages; Word, 16 pages].
"A
World Free of Violence Against Women," Violence
Against Women in the World of Work, Janine Rodgers, International
Labor Organization (ILO), 8 March 1999.
The
International Labor Organization approaches trafficking in women,
like other forms of workplace violence, as a human rights issue,
a labor issue and a health and safety issue. This report emphasizes
the need for international co-ordination of action to promote the
rights and protection of migrant workers and to effectively combat
trafficking.
Council of Europe
The following reports address the problem of trafficking
in women to Europe and offer recommendations
for actions by Council of Europe member Sates to prevent and punish
trafficking, through legislation, bilateral agreements, cross-border
cooperation and coordination with NGOs. Within the Council of Europe
system, the text of a number of reports on trafficking have
been adopted as resolutions by the Committee of Ministers or the
Parliamentary Assembly, forming guidelines for member States. For
a discussion of the international obligation to address trafficking
in the European region, see Trafficking:
Law and Policy. Further information about the European
human rights system is also available in the International Law
section of this site.
Violence
against women in Europe:
Report of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men,
prepared by Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold, Switzerland, Rapporteur, for
the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, 15 March 2000 (Doc.
8667).
Sections IIC and IID of this report
address domestic slavery and trafficking in women and prostitution
as forms of violence against women in Europe.
Other sections of this report deal with domestic violence, rape
and sexual assault.
Campaign
Against Trafficking In Women: Report of the Committee
on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men, prepared by
Lydie Err, Luxembourg,
Rapporteur, for the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, 7
September 2001 (Doc. 9190).
Domestic
slavery, Report prepared by John Connor, Ireland, Rapporteur,
for the Council of Europe Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women
and Men, 17 May 2001 (Doc. 9102).
This report offers information
about trafficking of women to Europe
for domestic work. While trafficking for these purposes involves
many of the same human rights violations as trafficking for commercial
sexual exploitation, the problem has received much less attention
from international organizations, national governments, donors and
NGOs. This report includes an overview of the situation for victims,
of available legal instruments and recommendations for further action.
European Union
The following reports define European Union policy on the
issue of trafficking in women. As is the case with the Council
of Europe, the European Parliament has adopted a number of recommendations
for member States
and candidate countries on combating trafficking. For a discussion
of the international obligation to address trafficking in the European
region, see Trafficking: Law and Policy.
Further information about the European
human rights system is also available in the International Law
section of this site.
Report
on the communication from the Commission to the Council and the
European Parliament 'For further actions in the fight against trafficking
in women', prepared by Patsy Sörensen, Rapporteur, Committee
on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities of the European Union,
2 May 2000 (A5-0127/2000). This report calls on the European
Union, member States and applicant countries to take specific measures
to improve the response to the problem of trafficking and to strengthen
existing measures. The report suggests numerous concrete actions,
which NGOs can use to inform specific advocacy strategies.
Crime
Assessment: Trafficking of Human Beings into the European Union,
EUROPOL, European Union law enforcement organization, 2001.
In 1995, The Europol Convention granted the organization
authority to combat trafficking in human beings. This report takes
a prescriptive approach to the problem and includes analysis of
the causes of trafficking in human beings, an overview of the dynamics
of trafficking and law enforcement initiatives to combat trafficking
as well as recommendations to Europol.
Organization for Security
and Cooperation in Europe
Reference
Guide for Anti-Trafficking Legislative Review, Office
for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), September 2001.
[PDF, 114 pages].
Also available in Russian: Руководящие
Принципы по
Пересмотру
Законодательства
против Торговли
Людьми, [PDF,
151 pages] and in Serbian: Priručnik
za Reviziju Zakonske Regulative protiv Trgovine Ljudima,
[PDF, 138 pages].
This guide takes a comprehensive view of
the types of legislation necessary for an effective anti-trafficking
policy. The guide addresses prevention, prosecution and protection
and assistance for victims, providing international standards, examples
of national legislation and recommendations for legal initiatives
that fall within each broad topic.
Trafficking
In Human Beings: Implications for the OSCE, Organization
for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Review Conference, September
1999, ODIHR Background Paper 1999/3.
Also available in Russian: Проблема
контрабанды
людей:задачи
ОБСЕ.
This report presents the problem of trafficking in the
OSCE region, defines OSCE commitments and international standards
and provides information on initiatives by the OSCE, other international
organizations and by NGOs to combat trafficking.
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