LEGISLATING AGAINST MODERN SLAVERY, HUMAN TRAFFICKING & FORCED LABOUR (2020)
The e-Handbook: Legislating against Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking & Forced Labour is a comprehensive guide for parliamentarians and parliamentary officials on legislating effectively against modern slavery-related crimes.
Citation: Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK (2020) e-Handbook – Legislating Against Human Trafficking & Forced Labour: The Role of Parliament to Scrutinise & Raise Awareness. London, United Kingdom: Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK.
CAPTURING HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMIZATION THROUGH CRIME REPORTING (2019)
This study explores how local law enforcement agencies classify human trafficking cases that they identify through their internal records management and external crime reporting programs in three United States communities. The research team examined over 600 human trafficking investigations and interviewed law enforcement and crime reporting personnel in each study site to understand how human trafficking cases are identified and reported by the police. Interviews with victim service providers and non-law enforcement agencies in each study community about how they identify and report human trafficking victimizations also helped the research team understand the sources of information about human trafficking incidents that exist outside of law enforcement data. Finally, utilizing Multiple System Estimation (MSE) procedures that compare information about identified human trafficking victims who exist in the data systems of multiple providers in the study communities, the research team identified how frequently human trafficking victims are identified across multiple administrative data systems in a community.
Citation: Farrell, A., M. Dank, M. Kafafian, S. Lockwood, R. Pfeffer, A. Hughes and K. Vincent (2019) Capturing Human Trafficking Victimization Through Crime Reporting. United States: National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS).
REGIONAL REVIEW ON LAWS, POLICIES AND PRACTICES WITHIN ASEAN RELATING TO THE IDENTIFICATION, MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN (2016)
This regional review provides a description and assessment of laws, policies and practices within the ASEAN region related to trafficking in persons (TIP) – with a particular focus on the identification, management and treatment of victims of trafficking in persons, especially women and children. The purpose of the regional review is to assist ASEAN and its Member States in their efforts to improve national and regional responses to assisting victims of trafficking, specifically by: providing an accurate and up-to-date assessment of the current situation based on best available information; highlighting good practices within the region; and identifying issues for consideration by AMS and presenting draft recommendations.
Citation: ASEAN (2016) Regional Review on Laws, Policies and Practices within ASEAN relating to the Identification, Management and Treatment of Victims of Trafficking, especially Women and Children. Jakarta, Indonesia: Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
JAMAICA: CHILD LABOUR LEGISLATIVE GAP ANALYSIS (2012)
This report identifies gaps in the legislative framework on child labour and related issues and analyses these gaps and anomalies against benchmarks set in international treaties.
Citation: ILO (2012) Jamaica: Child labour legislative gap analysis. Geneva, Switzerland: International Labour Organization.
Legal Review on Trafficking in Persons in the Caribbean: The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, The Netherlands Antilles, St. Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago (Second Edition) (2010)
This resource reviews legislation and government policy related to combating human trafficking in eight Caribbean countries: The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Netherlands Antilles, St Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. The review assesses the applicability of existing statute law for the prosecution of human traffickers, the protection of trafficking victims and the prevention of trafficking activities. This includes criminal provisions that constitute one or more elements of the trafficking process such as procurement, forced detention, prostitution, sexual offences, kidnapping, abduction and other offences against the person. These elements can then be used in combination as a “patchwork” replacement for a trafficking law. Employment law is examined to ascertain the rights of workers and the capacity to penalise employers for exploitative activities. In addition, immigration laws have been assessed to deduce whether immigration officers have any legislative basis for identifying and taking action against suspected trafficking activities. These laws have also been examined in terms of how they offer protection to victims of human trafficking. Other areas relevant to trafficking activities include asylum law, as a possible source of protection for victims, and money-laundering initiatives that offer an insight into the possibilities of combating transnational crime.
Citation: IOM (2010) Legal Review on Trafficking in Persons in the Caribbean: The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Netherlands Antilles, St. Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Migration.
Caribbean Counter-Trafficking Model Legislation and Explanatory Guidelines (2008)
This resource is for stakeholders in government and civil society wishing to improve domestic legislation and policy to address the crime of trafficking in persons in the Caribbean. This booklet has two parts, Part 1) the model legislation which upholds the UN Anti-Trafficking Protocol’s standards and incorporates the local and regional contexts, and Part 2) the explanatory guidelines summarizing the group’s discussions, with easy-to-read text boxes and “best practices” to facilitate implementation and provides a counter-trafficking legal framework by suggesting provisions and sentencing guidelines.
Citation: IOM (2008) Caribbean Counter-Trafficking Model Legislation and Explanatory Guidelines. Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Migration.