The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Human Rights Council develop a more comprehensive approach to the issue of servile marriage and that States enact legislation to prevent servile marriage, provide support to victims and launch campaigns to raise awareness of servile marriage and its...

On the 19th of June 2012, the Commission adopted "EU Strategy towards the eradication of trafficking in Human Beings (2012-2016)”.

The strategy is a set of concrete and practical measures to be implemented over the next five years.

It is based on five key...

By Adrian Matthews

This report follows on from the Children’s Commissioner’s earlier report Landing in Kent.3 It focuses on immigration procedures to which unaccompanied children arriving in Kent are subject between their first encounter with the authorities and the time...

The EU has made several proposals for Member States to promote the social and economic integration of Roma, most recently in its Communication of April 20108. Member States are already under an obligation to give Roma (like other EU citizens) non-discriminatory access to education, employment...

The Annual Report of the OSCE Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings to the Permanent Council gives the participating States not only a detailed overview of the activities of the Office of the Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating...

The Bulgarian authorities have taken a number of important steps to prevent and combat trafficking in human beings. The national legal framework in the field of action against trafficking in human beings has evolved in the light of the country’s international commitments as well as the...

The vast majority of children in this country grow up safe from harm. However, the Barnardo’s report "Puppet on a string: the urgent need to cut children free from sexual exploitation", published in January 2011, was a wake-up call. It emphasised that children are being...

In January 2011, The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre undertook a thematic assessment of "localised grooming", a phenomenon which has been at the centre of much media attention, following numerous prosecutions of adult males for the grooming and sexual exploitation of...

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and Anti-Slavery International worked together on this publication, which was funded by the European Commission.  It presents the problem of human trafficking within Europe and different ways in which it can be dealt with.  This...

This is an official communication from UNICEF dating from September 2006.  It contains useful information on how to identify child victims of human trafficking and the steps to take in order to help them adjust to a normal life. ...

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre has the national strategic lead on child trafficking in the UK, and has been charged with building knowledge on the scale and nature of child trafficking across the UK.  The CEOPC produces yearly publictions to bring to light new...

This document was published by the United Nations Global Programme Against Trafficking in Human Beings in 2008.  It contains guidelines and dissemination of successful practice with respect to various issues arising from the combat against human trafficking.

From the 11th to the 14th June 2012 COMBAT Project partners met in Coventry in the UK to share their experiences, their knowledge and their practice in the Pan-European fight against trafficking; specifically the trafficking of children and young women.

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The report is an empirical study of ‘forced labour’ among low-wage migrants within the UK food industry. Forced labour became a criminal offence via the 2009 Coroners and Justice Act (Section 71) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the 2010 Criminal Justice and Licensing Act...

“Usually Filipinos are very fond of blue-eyed people… but these girls say “my customers also had blue eyes and I hate them… because those are the people that abuse me, make our lives miserable and make us do those things that we don’t want to do.”

Foreign national women, many of whom are known to have been trafficked or coerced into offending, represent around one in seven of all the women held in custody in England and Wales. Yet comparatively little information has been produced about these women, their particular circumstances and...

Trafficking raises sensitivities in Romani communities because of the light it shines on harmful activities or practices that are linked to  trafficking: exploitative begging, forced and child marriage and prostitution/sex work, which have a disproportionate impact on Romani women and...

Prepared for the Joint Project Coordinated by the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) and the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) on Promoting Preventative Measures to...

This is a report on slavery in the UK today.  It looks at the different ways in which slavery manifests itself (forced labour, sexual exploitation...) and contains interviews with individuals from key anti-trafficking organisations.

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Unicef and Save the Children Norway jointly produced this study on child trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  The problem is clearly presented, as well as ways in which it can be tackled and the role local authorities could have in doing so.

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_{This paper highlights the traditional harmful belief in child “witches” in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria and explains how this deeply held belief weakens the protection of child’s rights and pushes children towards...}

Anti-slavery International published this document in 2009.  It explains what sort of compensation victims of human trafficking in the UK are entitled to and how the legislation can be improved. ...

This report is a summary of the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group's work and research on the UK's compliance to the 2008 Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.  It finds that the UK is not entirely compliant with the Convention and examines the...

Child Trafficking, whilst not a new phenomenon, remains a heinous activity as children are the most vulnerable members of society, yet it is exactly this vulnerability that makes trafficking possible in the first instance. Official statistics by the Home Office and the

'Lover Boys' is the story of Ibrahim, a Dutch-Moroccan man tackling the taboo problem of sex-trafficking within his community.

Watch this very important video on the Al Jazeera website ...

DemandSupply2012 is a short fictional film raising awareness about sex trafficking, it highlights the possible increase for and during the London Olympics.

DemandSupply2012 was screened at the Cannes Film Festival 2011 as part of the shortfilmcorner.

This original...

In Burkina Faso, where child labor is endemic, paying premiums for organic and fair-trade cotton has created fresh incentives for exploitation. A program there has attracted subsistence farmers who say they can't grow "ethically sourced” cotton without forcing children into...

The social-impact documentary raises crucial awareness about the plight of 50.000 "Talibes" - young boys in Senegal (between 4 and 15 years old) who are forced to beg on the streets by their quranic-school teachers and suffer severe physical abuse and neglect.

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Somaly Mam Foundation, 2010

Narrated by actress and humanitarian Lucy Liu, "The Road to Traffik" reveals the shocking world of sex trafficking that Somaly Mam, a former Cambodia sex slave, is heroically waging a crusade to expose and end. The filmmakers accompany...

The CNN documentary "Death in the Desert" showed the remarkable risks Africans were prepared to make to try to get to Israel.

A hazardous trip across Africa to Egypt where Bedouins would take them across the Sinai Desert but also hold them as bonded labor...

Joanne Frogatt plays Anya, a female sex trafficker, who faces a moral dilemma when she discovers that the young woman she is trafficking from Lithuania to London is pregnant.

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On the 4th December 2011 Julia will be the first Finnish person to row the Atlantic in what is known as ‘the...

MTV EXIT presents Inhuman Traffic, a special program presented by Angelina Jolie. This program is a fast-moving and compelling documentary that provides an introduction to the human rights tragedy of trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation in Europe. Featuring Anna, a woman from...

MTV EXIT and The Killers, in partnership with USAID, produced a music video for the track "Goodnight, Travel Well," in 2009 to raise awareness of human trafficking and exploitation.

Radiohead partnered with MTV EXIT in 2008 to produce a music video for the track "All I Need" to raise awareness of human trafficking and exploitation. 

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"Paying the Price" is a part of “Parallel Lives,” a unique series of five short films about human trafficking. Hosted by Supermodel Helena Christensen, Gavin Rossdale of rock bands “Bush” and “Institute”, and Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist of Swedish...

Join MTV EXIT as they go into the streets of Bangkok to explore the myths and misconceptions of human trafficking.                                                  ...

This document is an official communication from the Home Office and the Scottish Government, and provides an update on the strategy that was introduced in 2007 to tackle the issue of human trafficking in the UK.  Because this action plan was presented as a "living document", the...

Information relating to the heightened concern for Roma children and their families, who are increasingly susceptible to becoming victims of human trafficking.  A briefing on the issue was submitted  to the London Directors of Children's Services in July of last...

This is a comprehensive list of signs to look out for when determining if a person is a victim of trafficking.  It also contains signs which are specific to trafficked children. ...

This document is an official communication from the UK Department for Education and provides guidelines to help professionals care for trafficked chidren.  It contains information on which services are necessary to fulfull trafficked children's needs, as well as which...

The National Referral Mechanism was introduced in 2009 as part of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.  This document contains data collected within the terms of this legislation. ...

The UK Home Office and Department for Children, Schools and Families worked to put together this publication which presents the issue of child trafficking and the work that is being done to put an end to it by taking a look at the role of different agencies and local authorities...

This publication was jointly produced by the London Safeguarding Children Board and the London Councils.  It consists of instructions on how to recognise trafficked children.  It also contains sections of information and guidelines for professionals dealing with trafficked children,...

This document was put together by the International Migration Organisation and is intended as a guide for people who encounter victims of human trafficking.  It contains the names and contact details of NGOs, legal services, health services and law enforcement  authorities, as...

This document outlines the necessary procedure to follow when submitting an asylum seeker application from a child.  The application can be completed by the child or on behalf of him or her,  but this can only be done by an expert who has received the appropriate training....