Introduction to the Human Trafficking Assessment Tool
- Document number
- 1131
- Date
- 2005
- Title
- Introduction to the Human Trafficking Assessment Tool
- Author/publisher
- American Bar Association’s Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI)
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Economic migration, Irregular migration, Sexual exploitation; Prostitution; Sex work; Women; Anti-trafficking measures; International law; Sending/Receiving countries, Root causes, Risk groups, Definition (of Trafficking), Anti-corruption strategies; Law enforcement; National anti-trafficking measures; Palermo protocol; United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; Organised crime; Multi-agency approach,
- Summary
- The Human Trafficking Assessment Tool (HTAT) was developed by the Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI) and the American Bar Association (ABA) to help measure countries' compliance with the United Nations' Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children that supplements the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. The HTAT analyses national anti-trafficking laws and government efforts to combat trafficking against the obligations set forth in the Protocol and its host Convention. In addition to international standards, the HTAT references existing regional instruments to combat trafficking, highlights non-governmental organisation (NGO) best practices, and includes compliance and non-compliance examples from around the world. "While this assessment tool and the results of in-country assessments will prove to be most useful for local governments and NGOs, it is expected that a variety of other entities will express interest in its findings. For example, donor organizations that are committed to combating trafficking, such as the United States Agency for International Development (“USAID”) and other governmental donors and foundations, will likely find the results of this assessment an important mechanism for deciding which countries are in greatest need of support as well as which antitrafficking programs to fund. This ool will provide valuable information for NGOs working actively to combat trafficking either transnational or within a particular country. In fact, this assessment tool can be used by the NGO community to monitor compliance of States Parties with the Trafficking Protocol and the Transnational Organized Crime Convention, complementing the efforts of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (“UNODC”). UNODC and other international organizations with a mandate to combat trafficking will find the tool invaluable inasmuch as it provides a comprehensive analysis of government efforts to address trafficking and identifies key gaps in law and implementation that need to be addressed."
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