A Human Rights-Based Approach to Preventing Trafficking in Persons
- Document number
- 1707
- Date
- 2008
- Title
- A Human Rights-Based Approach to Preventing Trafficking in Persons
- Author/publisher
- Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), United Nations (UN)
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
- Keywords
- Address of Ms Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, to the UN General Assembly Special Thematic Debate on Human Trafficking, Organized crime, Prosecution, Law Enforcement, Criminal justice, Judicial cooperation; Victim-centred approach, National anti-trafficking measures; Criminalisation, Punishment, Crime prevention; Human Rights approach, Integrated approach; International Human Rights Law, International cooperation; Inter-organisational co-operation, Multi-agency approach, International law; Holistic approach, National Rapporteurs;
- Summary
- "... A human rights approach is a holistic one: it provides a comprehensive framework within which law enforcement and victim-focused responses can be developed, implemented and evaluated. In seeking to flesh out that framework, OHCHR in 2002 developed the Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking, a document that has since been used by many intergovernmental organisations, governments and victim support agencies to guide their work and to measure their achievements. A major focus of the Principle and Guidelines is prevention of trafficking. It is not enough for us to react. To truly make a difference we must work at prevention. We must identify and alleviate the factors that fuel human trafficking. This means addressing the many factors that increase vulnerability to trafficking: discrimination, in particular gender-based discrimination and violence against women, poverty, inequality of resources and opportunities within and between countries...."
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