Human Trafficking
- Document number
- 1549
- Date
- 2006
- Title
- Human Trafficking
- Author/publisher
- House of Lords & House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights, United Kingdom
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports, National Law,
- Keywords
- Twenty–sixth Report of Session 2005–06, HL Paper 245–I, HC 1127–I
- Summary
- In this Report, the Committee considers human trafficking, one of the most serious human rights issues in the modern world. In Chapter 2 the Committee explains the principal human rights standards and obligations which apply to the UK under the European Convention on Human Rights and other international instruments to which the UK is a party. The three main obligations are to: • prohibit and prevent trafficking and related acts • investigate, prosecute and punish traffickers • protect victims of trafficking. After examination of the evidence on the scale and nature of human trafficking in the UK (Chapter 4), the Committee considers, in Chapter 5, the effectiveness of the UK’s fulfilment of its obligations to prohibit trafficking and enforce the law against traffickers. In Chapter 6 the Committee considers the effectiveness of policies in the UK for the protection of victims, and compares these with the approach adopted in Italy.
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