Trafficking: global, regional and national reports
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| Title: | | US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Reports |
| Description/subject: | | This page links to the US DOS reports from 2001...Browse to Country Narratives then to the alphabetical list. Burma is listed as Tier 3 -- the most serious cases |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | US Department of State |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 26 May 2012 |
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Individual Documents
| Title: | | Comparative Analysis of Bilateral Memoranda on Anti-human Trafficking Cooperation between Thailand and Three Neighboring Countries: What Do the Origin and the Destination States Agree Upon? |
| Date of publication: | | March 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | ABSTRACT:
"In order to prevent, suppress and punish human trafficking, bilateral agreements between origin of victim countries and destination countries are crucial, because their cooperation involves cross-border activities such as repatriation of victims, extradition of criminals and information-sharing. This article analyzes three bilateral legal instruments between The Government of The Kingdom of Thailand and her three neighboring countries, namely The Royal Government of Cambodia, The Government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic and The Government of The Union of Myanmar. The analysis will examine the legal status of the victim, the victim as witness in criminal proceedings, the victim protection programs, the recovery and restitution of damages, the process of repatriating the victim, and the prosecution of the criminal.
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Keywords: Human Trafficking, Memorandum of Understanding, Origin country, Destination country, Bilateral Cooperation
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| Author/creator: | | Miwa YAMADA |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | IDE-JETRO Discussion paper No. 349 |
| Format/size: | | pdf (249K), html |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.ide.go.jp/English/Publish/Download/Dp/349.html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 01 December 2012 |
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| Title: | | The Mekong Challenge - Underpaid, Overworked and Overlooked : The realities of young migrant workers in Thailand (Volume 1) |
| Date of publication: | | 13 December 2006 |
| Description/subject: | | "...Thailand has emerged as the number one destination in cross-border trafficking of children and women. Many children and young women from Myanmar, Cambodia and Lao PDR migrate to Thailand in search of better life. Often their journey leads them to a life of exploitation. A significant percent of these young migrants work in four employment sectors; agriculture, fishing boats and fish processing, manufacturing and domestic work. While they become an integral part of the economy, they remain invisible and face exploitation. Exploitation is widespread and ranges from non-payment or underpayment of wages, a requirement to work excessive hours sometimes involving the use of hazardous equipment - to even more serious violations of forced labour and trafficking..." |
| Author/creator: | | Elaine Pearson, Sureeporn Punpuing, Aree Jampaklay, Sirinan Kittisuksathit, Aree Prohmmo |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Women and Children, ILO |
| Format/size: | | pdf (English - 2.5MB, 5.23 MB) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.humantrafficking.org/uploads/publications/underpaid-eng-volume1.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 12 April 2008 |
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| Title: | | Report of the Experts Group on Trafficking in Human Beings (Brussels, 22 December 2004) |
| Date of publication: | | 22 December 2004 |
| Description/subject: | | Substantial and wide-ranging document. "The report aims to indicate ways to strengthen EU action against trafficking in human beings and, where appropriate, to launch new initiatives, programmes and activities..."
PREAMBLE: This report is the result of a year’s work of the Experts Group on Trafficking in Human Beings. The main assignment of the Experts Group is to contribute to the translation of the Brussels Declaration into practice, in particular by submitting a report to the European Commission with concrete proposals on the implementation of the recommendations of the Brussels Declaration.
The report aims to indicate ways to strengthen EU action against trafficking in human beings and, where appropriate, to launch new initiatives, programmes and activities. The Brussels Declaration, however, has been understood as a “platform” and not as a “fence”. We have also taken into account other sources in order to benefit from new developments and findings in particular areas....." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | European Commission via Coat net |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.04MB) 239 pages |
| Date of entry/update: | | 28 May 2005 |
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| Title: | | Migrant Workers: Report of the Special Rapporteur, Ms. Gabriela Rodríguez Pizarro, |
| Date of publication: | | 12 January 2004 |
| Description/subject: | | Executive summary:
The present report is submitted in accordance with Commission on Human Rights
resolution 2003/46. During the period under review the Special Rapporteur continued to receive
information on the human rights of migrants and to exchange communications with
Governments. A summary of the communications sent and responses received is contained in
annex 1 to this report. The Special Rapporteur visited Spain and Morocco. Reports on those
visits are contained in annexes 3 and 4 respectively.
A summary of all the meetings and events attended by the Special Rapporteur since
January 2003 is contained in her report to the General Assembly (A/58/275). During the period
not covered by that report, the Special Rapporteur participated in other such activities.
On 6 June 2003, the Special Rapporteur requested information on the situation of
migrants employed in domestic service (hereinafter “migrant domestic workers”, the term
including persons of both sexes) by means of a questionnaire distributed to all the permanent
missions in Geneva, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), United Nations and other
pertinent agencies and programmes and international experts in this area of work. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nations (E/CN.4/2004/76) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (91.73 K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/0032d58d2667f0b9c1256e700050f77f/$FILE/G0410237.pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 26 December 2010 |
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| Title: | | Programme Consultation Meeting on the Protection of Domestic Workers Against the Threat of Forced Labour and Trafficking - Discussion paper |
| Date of publication: | | January 2003 |
| Description/subject: | | "...What are the specific vulnerabilities of workers in domestic work? What are the differences in the nature
of the situation and conditions facing women and men, boys and girls, and those of differing ethnic
origins? What are the similarities and differences in the situations of domestic workers moving internally
and those migrating internationally?
! To what extent have countries recognized domestic work as work, acknowledging that domestic workers
deserve equal protection? Is there a need for sector-specific legislation?
What level of forced labour/and or trafficking is involved in domestic work and how is it manifested?
To what extent have migration policies reinforced dependency on employers and intermediaries and
increased vulnerability to abuse? What, if any, effects have recent migration policies had on recruitment
systems?
How could the forced labour/trafficking standards be useful in relation to the domestic worker issue?
How do domestic workers themselves see forced labour and trafficking in relation to domestic work?
What are the responsibilities of governments, trade union and worker organisations and civil society at
national and local levels in origin and destination countries/communities? What can domestic workers
and/or their organisations do to ensure these responsibilities are fulfilled?
What should be the main elements of a regional action programme to improve recruitment and working
conditions of domestic workers?...
This paper provides background information to facilitate discussion of the questions listed above, with particular
focus on the applicability of the trafficking/ forced labour framework in addressing domestic work..." |
| Author/creator: | | Lin Chew, |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Anti-Slavery International |
| Format/size: | | pdf (194.85 K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.antislavery.org/english/resources/reports/download_antislavery_publications/trafficking_... |
| Date of entry/update: | | 26 December 2010 |
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| Title: | | COUNTERACTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING: PROTECTING THE VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING |
| Date of publication: | | 20 September 2002 |
| Description/subject: | | "The purpose of this paper is to point out the necessity to address trafficking in human beings in a
larger context of migration. The development of an overall European Union concept relating to
migration in Europe is being mapped out by the European Commission, which sees the handling of
migration issues in the context of the political objectives of European integration and in particular the
establishment of an "Area of Freedom, Security and Justice" in the EU (COM 2000, 0757 final). The
Commission is not, however, in a position autonomously to shape the legislative agenda on migration
as, notwithstanding the Treaty changes introduced at Amsterdam, the Member States remain in the
driving seat and their initiatives have tended to concentrate on reacting to immediate migration
"pressures" rather than on building an overall strategy. Legal basis questions are beginning to arise
when criminal law measures are contemplated in relation to the combating of trafficking. The very
need for the approximation of laws, though foreseen in the Treaty on European Union, is questioned
by some states, and - especially in the context of such a sensitive issue as migration - national legal
approaches can be difficult to reconcile. Consensus within the Council on legislative measures is not
easily achieved..." |
| Author/creator: | | Joanna Apap, Peter Cullen and Felicita Medved |
| Language: | | Englilsh |
| Source/publisher: | | European Conference on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings |
| Format/size: | | pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 28 May 2005 |
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| Title: | | European Conference on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings |
| Date of publication: | | 20 September 2002 |
| Description/subject: | | A large number of papers and contributions on trafficking plus the "Brussels Declaration"...
"The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in co-operation with the European Commission (EC), European Parliament (EP) and EU Member States and Candidate Countries, will jointly organize a Conference addressing the issues of Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings with Particular Focus on Enhancing Co-operation in the Process to Enlarge the European Union. This Conference is organized in the framework of the European Commission DG Justice and Home Affairs's STOP Program, and under the responsibility of Commissioner Antonio Vitorino. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | International Organisation for MIgration, European Commission (EC), European Parliament (EP) and EU Member States and Candidate Countries, |
| Format/size: | | html, pdf |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.belgium.iom.int/STOPConference/ |
| Date of entry/update: | | 28 May 2005 |
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| Title: | | Human Traffic, Human Rights: Redefining victim protection -- Thailand section |
| Date of publication: | | 2002 |
| Description/subject: | | I Legislation; II General analysis and implementation in cases; III Conclusions and Recommendations..."Despite the efforts of NGOs working with the Government to achieve effective
changes such as the MOU, the difficulty remains in implementation.
Acknowledgement of trafficking by government officials is limited. Efforts
have been made to create a comprehensive definition of trafficking in
persons that encompasses purposes of trafficking other than for prostitution.
Yet officials still consider trafficking to be equal to prostitution, and people
trafficked for other purposes are treated as illegal migrants and are generally
deported without any assistance. The cases in this chapter are not 'typical',
in the sense that they are the cases where NGOs could intervene and some
progress was made. Barriers in providing assistance to them are not only the
language, but also the attitudes towards foreign migrants and neglecting
their rights. However in the vast majority of cases, there is no NGO to inform
trafficked persons of their rights nor to intervene and ensure their protection.
The support of NGOs is important to empower the trafficked victim person
and help them decide whether to participate in the prosecution. Trafficked
persons deserve to have enough information so that they can participate in
decision-making concerning their rights and their lives.
It is crucial to improve the practice of all agencies involved to treat a
trafficked person as an individual who can make a decision about his or her
own fate, not simply as a tool for prosecuting traffickers. It is important to
provide protection when they are treated as witnesses. For migrants who are
permitted to stay in Thailand for judicial proceedings, such as Win Win and
the Laotian women, they should be able to work legally as these trials take
up to a year. This is not only in order to earn money, but also to ensure the
women are active and feel empowered. It is a challenge for agencies involved
or working on this issue to make use of limited resources to ensure
protection and safety of trafficked persons and also to meet their needs..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Anti-Slavery International |
| Format/size: | | pdf (61.04 K), full report (733.42K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.antislavery.org/includes/documents/cm_docs/2009/h/hum_traff_hum_rights_redef_vic_protec_... (full report) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 26 December 2010 |
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| Title: | | Combating Trafficking in South-East Asia: A Review of Policy and Programme Responses |
| Date of publication: | | 2000 |
| Description/subject: | | "During the past decade, trafficking has become an issue of growing concern in
South-East Asia. It has been conservatively estimated that at least 200-225,000 women
and children from South-East Asia are trafficked annually, a figure representing
nearly one-third of the global trafficking trade. Of the estimated 45-50,000 women
and children estimated to be trafficked into the US each year, 30,000 are believed to
come from South-East Asia. However, most trafficking occurs within South-East
Asia, and only a minority of women from the region are trafficked to other parts of
the world.
Trafficking is not a new problem for South-East Asia, and many initiatives have
been developed to combat the problem by NGOs, inter-governmental organizations,
government ministries, national and international bodies, human rights organizations
and lobby networks. This study provides an overview of these various initiatives
and the different actors involved in the fight against trafficking in the region
and an inventory of current anti-trafficking programmes and measures.
Although previous efforts have been made to compile information on a national,
regional or subregional basis on counter-trafficking measures, these compilation reports
do not provide a systematic overview of the variety of responses that have been
developed within the region. This study aims to provide such an overview as well as
to be a tool for information exchange and for further development of counter-trafficking
initiatives, as intended by the Bangkok Declaration on Irregular Migration.
The study is divided into four parts. The first part describes the historical development
of the trafficking debate and gives an analysis of the various approaches to
trafficking. Part Two focuses on trafficking patterns and responses in the South-East
Asian region. It briefly describes the trafficking situation in South-East Asia and
then lists the various trafficking responses that have been developed at the regional,
sub-regional and bilateral levels. Some attention is paid to policy responses in receiving
countries outside the region. Part Three forms the main part of the study and
describes the responses that have been developed within the South-East Asian countries.
Attention is paid to the different actors, including governments, NGOs, international
organizations and international networks, and their policies in relation to
counter-trafficking measures. The counter-trafficking measures are, where possible,
broadly divided into four categories: juridical,1 prevention, protection and return.
Part Four reviews some of the problems most often mentioned in the fight against
trafficking and discusses priority areas for the development and strengthening of
counter-trafficking programmes and initiatives..." |
| Author/creator: | | Annuska Derks |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | International Organization for Migration (IOM) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (233.41 K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 10 December 2010 |
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