The Vienna Forum Report: A Way Forward to Combat Human Trafficking
- Document number
- 1733
- Date
- 2008
- Title
- The Vienna Forum Report: A Way Forward to Combat Human Trafficking
- Author/publisher
- Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
- Keywords
- UN GIFT, United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking, The Vienna Forum to fight Human Trafficking, Palermo protocol, Demand, Media, Law enforcement, Victims (of trafficking), Trafficked persons, Vulnerability, Impact, Action
- Summary
- 1. The present report describes the discussions, activities and accomplishments of the Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking, held in Vienna from 13 to 15 February 2008. Twenty-eight panels, workshops, special sessions and side events were held as part of the Forum with a view to exploring the themes of vulnerability, impact and action and to offering an opportunity for dialogue on preventing and combating trafficking in persons. Additional special exhibits held throughout the City of Vienna as part of the Forum increased the visibility of the issue of human trafficking among the public. 2. This report summarizes the discussions, findings and proposed recommendations of each of those sessions and events.
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