A National Rapporteur or equivalent mechanism is responsible for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of a country’s anti-trafficking policy and practice. It also plays a crucial role in data collection on trafficking in persons – producing, analyzing, utilizing, and reporting on quantitative and qualitative data needed to improve counter‐trafficking actions in a country. Models for National Rapporteur or equivalent mechanisms vary widely from country to country; each country offers different approaches to this role and function. This section provides resources and reports about the role and functions of National Rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms generally. It also includes individual country sections for countries that have established National Rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms. Each country section explains the structure of the function in that country and links to reports, research, and materials produced and published by the country’s National Rapporteur or equivalent mechanism.
