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The Mental Health Aspects of Trafficking in Human beings. A Set of Minimum Standards

Document number
1347
Date
2004
Title
The Mental Health Aspects of Trafficking in Human beings. A Set of Minimum Standards
Author/publisher
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Árpád Baráth, Anjali Da Victoria Lobo, Ruhija Hoxha-Beganovic, Philip D. Jaffé, Nenette Motus, István Szilárd, Diana Tudorache, Rossanka Venelinova, Jacqueline Weekers
Summary
These Minimum Standards aim to provide a guiding tool for all types of organizations who are already acting or are intending to develop programs in the field of combating trafficking."The Minimum Standards presented in that booklet, recognize the fact that a significant number of trafficked persons are traumatized by their experiences, and psychological scars often take much longer to heal than physical scars. However, this is not to say that other health issues faced by trafficked people, such as sexual and reproductive heath, and a broad range of physical traumas are of any less importance. On the contrary, minimum standards must be established in these and other areas as well, in order to ensure that the health care assistance offered to trafficked persons is truly comprehensive, beneficial and appropriately designed to their specific health problems."
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