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Press Conference with the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children.
Press Conference by the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Siobhán Mullally.
Press Conference by the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Siobhán Mullally.
Watch the Press Conference: The Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Siobhán Mullally!
Child Trafficking and Armed Conflict, Linkages with the Six Grave Violations.
The high-level event will discuss the linkages between child trafficking and the six grave violations against children in armed conflict.
The high-level event will discuss the linkages between child trafficking and the six grave violations against children in armed conflict.
The research presented at this event will aim to strengthen the understanding of the linkages between child trafficking and the six grave violations monitored through the UN's CAAC Agenda. It will provide Member States, UN entities and civil society organizations the opportunity to discuss prevention, accountability, monitoring and response for the protection of children, fostering further collaboration to prevent these violations in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
Related Documents
Concept Note Website
Watch Child Trafficking and Armed Conflict: Linkages with the Six Grave Violations!
Trafficking can take various forms.
Human trafficking is a serious crime that abuses people’s fundamental rights and dignity. It involves the criminal exploitation of vulnerable people for the sole purpose of economic gain. Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery. It is often transnational in character and its victims are of both genders and all ages.
Trafficking can take various forms and may involve:
sexual exploitation;
forced labour or services;
slavery, servitude and related practices;
Trafficking can also take the form of exploitation for the purpose of forced criminality, such as pickpocketing, shoplifting and drug trafficking.
European Union’s law enforcement agency
Leave No Child Behind in the Fight Against Human Trafficking.
The 30th of July marks the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 2024. This year’s theme, "Leave No Child Behind in the Fight Against Human Trafficking", highlights the critical need for inclusive and focused efforts to protect children. These must address the risks and vulnerabilities, enhance resilience, and strengthen the protection of children against trafficking in persons.
Despite global efforts, one in three victims of trafficking in persons is a child, with children often being trafficked as a result of inequitable social, economic, environmental, and political factors that foster exploitative and discriminatory practices.
Combating trafficking in persons must remain an international priority with responses tailored to each country's context, following a whole-of-society approach and considering the complex interplay of individual, community, and societal factors that impact children.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), alongside partners, is committed to facilitate pathways for regular migration, save lives and protect people on the move, while driving solutions to displacement, as outlined in its Strategic Plan.
By working together, we can create a safer world for all children and ensure that no child is left behind.
For more information, data, resources and practices on Child Protection and Counter Trafficking, visit the Migrant Protection Platform and the Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC).
The role of aviation in the fight against human trafficking.
A resolution denouncing human trafficking was passed at the 2018 IATA Annual General Meeting. See press release and resolution text. The resolution also reaffirms airlines' commitment to several actions to help counter human trafficking:
Sharing of best practices
Staff training
Reporting
Once trained, airline, airport, ground handling, security screening and customs staff can provide an important source of intelligence to prevent human trafficking. They can recognize behaviors consistent with trafficking situations and report their observations to the authorities both at airports and during flights.
Resources for airline staff training
Free online tutorial for airline staff
Cheat sheet (pdf) - one pager summary
Guidance on Human Trafficking (pdf) complete guidelines for airlines
Human Trafficking Awareness e-learning course
Campaign materials
Infographic (pdf)
Video - can be shared on any media - English: view: Eyes open against human trafficking -
NHS Digital slavery and human trafficking statement.
NHS Digital does not tolerate modern slavery in any of its forms of slavery and servitude, forced or compulsory labour and human trafficking within our activities or our supply chain.
We continue to fully support the government's objective to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking and we acknowledge our role in both combating it and supporting victims. We are committed to ensuring our supply chains and business activities are free from ethical and labour standards abuse.
NHS Digital fully supports the government's objective to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking and we acknowledge our role in both
The total number of human trafficking victims officially detected by national authorities.
Global estimates in Human trafficking victims, 2007- 2021.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes.
Strengthening child protection systems and implementing child-sensitive justice mechanisms.
To effectively combat this scourge, concerted efforts are needed at both national and international levels. States must prioritize child protection, bolster legislation, improve law enforcement, and allocate more resources to combat child trafficking. Prevention efforts should target root causes like poverty and inequality to reduce children's vulnerability. Special attention must be paid to trafficking of children on the move.
Strengthening child protection systems and implementing child-sensitive justice mechanisms are crucial for supporting victims and holding perpetrators accountable.
Addressing online child exploitation requires innovative strategies, collaboration between tech companies and law enforcement, and robust legal frameworks.
Civil society organizations, the private sector, and communities have a vital role in raising awareness, providing support services, and advocating for policy reforms.
Urgent and comprehensive action is essential to tackle this dire situation, protect vulnerable groups from exploitation.
Identification and protection of child victims remain challenging due to underreporting, lack of awareness, and inadequate resources for victim support services. Traffickers often employ coercion, deception, and threats to maintain control over their victims, making it difficult for authorities to intervene.
Urge accelerated action to end child trafficking.
This year's global campaign for World Day Against Trafficking in Persons urges accelerated action to end child trafficking. Children represent a significant proportion of trafficking victims worldwide, with girls being disproportionately affected. Additionally, children are twice as likely to face violence during trafficking than adults, according to the UNODC's Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (GLOTIP). Regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean bear a disproportionate burden, with children making up for 60 per cent of detected trafficking victims. Amid overlapping crises such as armed conflicts, pandemics, economic hardships, and environmental challenges, children are increasingly vulnerable to trafficking. Furthermore, the proliferation of online platforms poses additional risks as children often connect to these sites without adequate safeguards. Traffickers exploit online platforms, social media, and the dark web to recruit and exploit children, utilizing technology to evade detection, reach wider audiences, and disseminate exploitative content.
The causes of child trafficking are as diverse as the ways in which children are exploited.
Children are subjected to various forms of trafficking, including exploitation in forced labour, criminality or begging, trafficked for illegal adoption, recruitment into armed forces, and online and sexual abuse and exploitation.
Root causes are manifold, including poverty, inadequate support of unaccompanied children amidst rising migration and refugee flows, armed conflicts, dysfunctional families, and lack of parental care. Notably, in low-income countries, children are often trafficked for forced labour, whereas in high-income countries, sexual exploitation remains prevalent among child victims.
Accelerating Action on SDG16.2 to Leave No Child Behind in the fight of human trafficking.
Children represent a significant proportion of trafficking victims worldwide, with girls being disproportionately affected. Additionally, ch
Children represent a significant proportion of trafficking victims worldwide.
Watch Accelerating Action on SDG16.2 to Leave No Child Behind in the Fight against Hum Trafficking!
Providing a platform for exchange.
Working Group on Trafficking in Persons, 14th Session. Vienna, Austria, 8 and 9 July 2024
Working Group on Trafficking in Persons 2024
Towards international statistical guidelines on the prevalence of trafficking in persons.
This side event to the 55th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission will support the agenda item on "data and indicators for the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development", notably SDG Indicator 16.2.2, by providing a first opportunity to discuss the challenges of prevalence estimates at a global level.
This side event to the 55th Session of the UN Statistical Commission will support the agenda item on "data and indicators for the 2030 Agend
Every year, more than 50,000 people are identified as victims of trafficking in persons. Among them, many are supported, but little is known about those who remain in trafficking and exploitative situations, beyond the reach of authorities and protection services. SDG Indicator 16.2.2. on "Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population, by sex, age and form of exploitation" aims at tracking the world's progress in reducing the prevalence of trafficking in persons, but no universal statistical standard yet exists to collect robust and comparable data on the actual scale of the phenomenon. The new #STATIP (Standard Tools for Analysis of Trafficking in Persons) project, conducted jointly, at the UN level, by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the IOM - UN Migration aims to close that gap, by creating a #statisticalframework to define #traffickinginpersons for prevalence surveys, with submission to the United Nations Statistical Commission expected in 2026. This framework will facilitate the measurement of prevalence by improving the quality and consistency of local, national, regional and global Statistical estimates, and thereby providing reliable evidence to devise more effective and refined anti-trafficking policies.
Human Trafficking - Preventative Strategies and Care of Victims.
How Do We Eradicate Human Trafficking? A call to action amongst government, civil society, and health care professionals. Reflecting Progress Towards Sustainable Development Goals 5.21 and 8.72.
How Do We Eradicate Human Trafficking? A call to action amongst government, civil society, and health care professionals. Reflecting Progres
Human Trafficking Preventative Strategies and Care of Victims" is a thought-provoking and action- oriented event that aims to illuminate the profound impact that governments, civil society, including faith-based organizations and healthcare professionals can make in addressing the multifaceted challenges posed by human trafficking. This event seeks to foster a deeper understanding of the critical intersection between human trafficking, international preventative measures and the impact of healthcare, emphasizing the role of healthcare providers as frontline responders and advocates in enabling victims to free themselves and re-establish their lives.
Show your support for victims of human trafficking by helping to raise awareness!
This year’s campaign - "Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind" - aims to raise awareness of disturbing developments and trends identified by UNODC and calls on governments, law enforcement, public services, and civil society to assess and enhance their efforts to strengthen prevention, identify and support victims, and end impunity.
A social media package will be made available on Trello including key messages, videos and visuals which aims to educate on the topic, share facts of the latest Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, explain the theme, raise awareness of root causes of trafficking and what needs to be done better to reach every victim of trafficking.
Post a Blue Heart image or the Blue Heart logo on any of your social media accounts. Make a sign, create a heart shape with your friends, or do something entirely your own!
Eliminate trafficking in persons as specifically mentioned in SDG 5, 8 and 16.
At the implementation mid-point of the 2030 Agenda and ahead of the SDG Summit 2023 this year, it is crucial to raise awareness and reinforce global commitments to eliminate trafficking in persons as specifically mentioned in SDG 5, 8 and 16.
HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED
Show your support
Join our social media challenge which encourages everyone to post a Blue Heart image or the Blue Heart Campaign logo on social media using the Hashtag #EndHumanTrafficking. Add the Blue Heart to your social media profile using Twibbon or the template available online.
Raise awareness
Share, like and comment on the social media messages for the World Day.
Be aware
Inform yourself about human trafficking.
Be alert
If you see anything that you think might be related to a human trafficking crime, inform the police, or call a local anti-trafficking helpline. Remember, victims can be coerced in many ways. You could come across a victim anywhere, be it at work, traveling, or in your private life. If you are unsure, please err on the side of caution and inform responsible parties rather than ignore a potential victim.
Be responsible
Educate yourself to make your consumer choices and actions more ethical. While some decisions might be clearer than others, you can pledge not to purchase goods and services that could be linked directly or indirectly to sexual exploitation, forced labour or other forms of exploitative practices.
Get involved
Find out what is being done in your community and see what you can do to help end human trafficking. Encourage everyone in your communities – friends, family, business partners, colleagues – to educate themselves about human trafficking.
Be compassionate
By donating to the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking, you can assist survivors of this crime in taking back their lives and rebuilding their futures. The Trust Fund provides vital assistance and protection to the victims of trafficking through specialized organizations across the globe.
ACTIONS GOVERNMENTS, TRANSPORTATION, HOSPITALITY, TECHNOLOGY AND NGO SECTORS CAN TAKE TO HELP PREVENT AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons - Get involved
Assist the victims to rebuild their lives.
States must improve their efforts to implement the Trafficking in Persons Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, including by strengthening national frameworks for the identification and protection of victims of trafficking, especially during times of crises.
To end human trafficking, we cannot allow this crime to be met with increasing indifference and impunity. We must strengthen resilience against exploitation and the underlying socio-economic and cultural issues that are conducive to trafficking. We must sensitize everyone to the topic of human trafficking and thus push attention towards those who can make a difference in terms of changing policy and national resource management to strengthen prevention measures, improve identification of victims, increase support of survivors and end impunity.
The Smurfs
The Smurfs, Ambassadors for the Sustainable Development Goals, support the Blue Heart Campaign since 2020. Every year for World Day Against Trafficking in Persons they contribute a drawing to help raise awareness and support the fight against human trafficking.
Belgium turns blue
Belgium is the leading contributor to the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons (UNVTF) that assists victims through its global network of civil society organizations. Since adopting the Blue Heart Campaign in 2019, every year the Government of Belgium has led the national campaign to mark the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, illuminating federal buildings in blue. Local authorities are often the first responders to human trafficking and play an essential role in preventing vulnerabilities. The Cities of Antwerp, Brussels, Bruges, Ghent, Kortrijk, Leuven, and Mons dress up and light up their iconic monuments to join the national efforts to raise awareness of this heinous crime.
Belgium supports the Blue Heart Campaign around the world
Belgium Civil Society Organizations assist the victims to rebuild their lives and raise awareness of human trafficking. UNODC in Brussels works with three victim shelters PAG-ASA, PAYOKE and SÜRYA. In 2020, UNODC also has signed a letter of exchange with Samila promote the Blue Heart Campaign and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children.
Belgium National Women’s Hockey team - The Red Panthers Players of Club Brugge KV
Huge sports events draw big audiences which makes it vulnerable to transnational organized crime and also human traffickers. Crime undermines the potential of sports for development and peace, and to inspire young people to make good, healthy choices. The Blue Heart Campaign has been supported by the Belgium National Women’s Hockey team, The Red Panthers and the football players of Club Brugge KV to raise awareness and help keep sport free from human trafficking.
Narita Airport
Air transport is increasingly exploited for human trafficking. As a major gateway from overseas to Japan and vice versa, Narita International Airport Corporation is supporting the Blue Heart Campaign against human trafficking since 2019 to raise awareness and to create an environment throughout the airport where human trafficking is less likely to occur.
This year Narita Airport is distributing UNODC’s Blue Heart lapel pins to personnel of airlines, other airport organizations and business partners. By wearing the pin, they all contribute to raise awareness of human trafficking. In addition, campaign images are displayed on the digital signage boards in Narita International Airport passenger terminals on 30 July, United Nations World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.
UBER in Latin America
Since 2020, UBER in Latin America has supported the Blue Heart Campaign by adding the Blue Heart to their app in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador. As a technology company that’s engaged in part in the transportation sector, Uber is in a powerful position to raise awareness of human trafficking. That is why Uber joined the UNODC Blue Heart Campaign and has also teamed up with the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking in Canada; Truckers against Trafficking, Polaris and ECPAT in the United States; and SinTrata and Crime Stoppers in Latin America to help educate users on how to spot the signs of human trafficking and what to do if they suspect someone is in a potentially dangerous situation.
IOM anti-human trafficking campaign ‘Dream Umbrella’ in Mongolia
Human trafficking is also dubbed the act of stealing people's dreams to lure victims into exploitation. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Mongolia, in cooperation with the Mongolian Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs launched the awareness raising campaign ‘Dream Umbrella’, a call to protect young Mongolian women’s dreams under the umbrella of knowledge about what human trafficking is and what the signs of exploitation are, and open discussions about life opportunities and migration decisions. In its second phase, launched July 2022, ‘Dream Umbrella’ has been tinged with the colors and symbols of the Blue Heart campaign, in pursuant to the spirit of partnership and delivering as one UN.
More on the Blue Heart website
Rukus Avenue Music Group
In 2017, Rukus Avenue Group partnered with the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons to release “Music to Inspire”: a triple disc compilation featuring over 75 renowned artists and dignitaries from around the world as a collective fight by the music industry to end human trafficking under the “Artists United Against Human Trafficking” banner. All monies raised from the charitable album were donated to the Trust Fund in support of victims. Since then Rukus supports UNVTF to raise fund for victims of human trafficking on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. For example in 2020 UNVTF teamed up with Rukus Avenue Music Group to host a virtual fundraising concert for victims of human trafficking. Rukus Avenue Music Group
Artists UNited Against Human Trafficking
Music to Inspire initiative
January 31, 2017 - Over 65 renowned artists and dignitaries from around the world have collaborated with Rukus Avenue to participate in the " Music To Inspire - Artists UNited Against Human Trafficking " triple album that benefits the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons. This is a collective fight by the music community to make a social statement and end human trafficking. Music to Inspire
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Since 2018 IATA supports the Blue Heart Campaign against human trafficking. IATA is working with airports and other stakeholders within the air transport sector to raise awareness of human trafficking and share guidance material, including ‘recognize and report' practices. International Air Transport Association (IATA)
TAME EP Airlines
On 14 September 2018, Ecuador's largest airline TAME EP joined the Blue Heart campaign: #AQUIESTOY (#HereIAm) against human trafficking. Assisted by UNODC, the airline plans to educate thousands of staff and customers to recognize potential trafficking situations and contact relevant authorities rapidly in these critical situations.
Ecuador's flagship airline TAME EP joins Blue Heart Campaign against human trafficking
AEROMEXICO
16 February 2018 - Aeromexico has joined the Blue Heart Campaign: #AquiEstoy contra la trata de personas (#HereIAm against trafficking in persons), becoming the first airline to promote this new awareness raising initiative.
Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice
Mexico City International Airport
In 2018 the Mexico City International Airport supported the #Aquiestoy Blue Heart Campaign with an awareness-raising activity at the airport.
Mexico City Metro
In 2018 The Mexico City Metro introduced a transportation system ticket to commemorate World Day Against Trafficking in Persons and support the #Aquiestoy Blue Heart Campaign.
OPA Airlines
12 December 2014 - COPA Airlines, Panama's flagship air carrier, has joined the Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking. By placing the Blue Heart symbol next to its planes' doors. COPA Airlines
Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice
Coyote Logistics
Coyote Logistics provides road freight logistics solutions to thousands of shippers across Europe. Human trafficking is a prevalent issue in the transportation industry, so Coyote Logistics supports Blue Heart Campaign to help educate their network of carriers and shippers about the issues and warnings signs involved in human trafficking. Their goal is to equip, mobilize and empower members of the supply chain to combat this crime and make a positive impact. Coyote Logistics on Linkedin
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