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Human Rights and Trafficking in Persons: A Handbook

Document number
1112
Date
2000
Title
Human Rights and Trafficking in Persons: A Handbook
Author/publisher
Elaine Pearson, Global Alliance Against Traffick in Women (GAATW)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Training Material/Resources,
Keywords
Human Trafficking, Women, Law enforcement, Identification (of victims), Palermo protocol, Trafficking process, Recruitment, Transportation, Transit, Exploitation, Debt bondage, Trafficking forms, Smuggling, Multi-agency approach, Definition (of Trafficking), Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, Vulnerability, Sexual exploitation, Labour exploitation, Holistic approach, Integrated approach; Migration,
Summary
A broad-based manual, containing general strategies that can be easily adapted to local contexts, this has proved to be an extremely valuable resource for NGOs worldwide. This manual clarifies the concepts of human rights and trafficking in persons and provides concrete rights-based strategies that can be carried out at all levels, from local to international, in the context of trafficking.
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