The fight against human trafficking must be waged in a global and multi-dimensional way.
Trafficking for economic exploitation deserves as much attention as trafficking for sexual exploitation.
National legislation in every country must establish human trafficking as a criminal offence.
States, who have not yet done so, should ratify at the earliest the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women in Children (2000), supplementing the Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime .
This handbook illustrates the main international legal instruments and procedures on human trafficking. In addition, the handbook provides practical information (e.g. questionnaires, ratification tables) to be used at the grassroots level.
We are pleased to launch our “Pax and Bonum International”. This multi lingual issue aims to be a resource for all non-English speakers and a reminder of the value we give to different cultures.
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