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The 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Country Narratives: Belarus

Document number
1661
Date
2008
Title
The 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Country Narratives: Belarus
Author/publisher
The US Department of State, United States of America
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Protection, Prevention, Prosecution, Sexual exploitation, Forced labour, Identification, Reporting, Investigation, Criminal charges, Task forces, Data analysis, Data collection, Data exchange; Organized crime, Prosecution, Law Enforcement, Criminal justice, Judicial cooperation; Victim-centred approach, National anti-trafficking measures; Criminalisation, Punishment, Crime prevention;
Summary
The Department of State is required by law to submit a Report each year to the U.S. Congress on foreign governments’ efforts to eliminate severe forms of traffi cking in persons. This Report is the eighth annual TIP Report. It is intended to raise global awareness, to highlight efforts of the international community, and to encourage foreign governments to take effective actions to counter all forms of traffi cking in persons. A country that fails to make signifi cant efforts to bring itself into compliance with the minimum standards for the elimination of traffi cking in persons, as outlined in the TVPA, receives a “Tier 3” assessment in this Report. Such an assessment could trigger the withholding by the United States of nonhumanitarian, non-trade-related foreign assistance. In assessing foreign governments’ efforts, the TIP Report highlights the “three P’s”—prosecution, protection, and prevention. But a victim-centered approach to traffi cking requires us also to address the “three R’s”—rescue, rehabilitation, and reintegration— and to encourage learning and sharing of best practices in these areas. In addition to the regular countries' assessment, this report also tackles issues of special interest, such as: Boy Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Women as Exploiters, Trafficking in Persons and New Technologies, Child Sex Tourism, Trafficking of Migrant Workers, Victim Trauma and Recovery, Worker Remittances, Statelessness and Trafficking, Trafficking for Forced Begging, The Economics of Trafficking in Persons. The full TIP Report as well as its separate parts are available in PDF format at http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2008/
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