(c) Organizing or directing other persons to commit an offence established in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article. (b) Participating as an accomplice in an offence established in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article and
(a) Subject to the basic concepts of its legal system, attempting to commit an offence established in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article Each State Party shall also adopt such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to establish as criminal offences: Each State Party shall adopt such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to establish as criminal offences the conduct set forth in article 3 of this Protocol, when committed intentionally.Ģ. This Protocol shall apply, except as otherwise stated herein, to the prevention, investigation and prosecution of the offences established in accordance with article 5 of this Protocol, where those offences are transnational in nature and involve an organized criminal group, as well as to the protection of victims of such offences. (d) "Child" shall mean any person under eighteen years of age. (c) The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of a child for the purpose of exploitation shall be considered "trafficking in persons" even if this does not involve any of the means set forth in subparagraph (a) of this article (b) The consent of a victim of trafficking in persons to the intended exploitation set forth in subparagraph (a) of this article shall be irrelevant where any of the means set forth in subparagraph (a) have been used Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs (a) "Trafficking in persons" shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. (c) To promote cooperation among States Parties in order to meet those objectives.
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(b) To protect and assist the victims of such trafficking, with full respect for their human rights and (a) To prevent and combat trafficking in persons, paying particular attention to women and children The offences established in accordance with article 5 of this Protocol shall be regarded as offences established in accordance with the Convention. The provisions of the Convention shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to this Protocol unless otherwise provided herein.ģ. It shall be interpreted together with the Convention.Ģ. This Protocol supplements the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.
General provisions Article 1 - Relation with the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crimeġ. Recalling General Assembly resolution 53/111 of 9 December 1998, in which the Assembly decided to establish an open-ended intergovernmental ad hoc committee for the purpose of elaborating a comprehensive international convention against transnational organized crime and of discussing the elaboration of, inter alia, an international instrument addressing trafficking in women and children,Ĭonvinced that supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime with an international instrument for the prevention, suppression and punishment of trafficking in Taking into account the fact that, despite the existence of a variety of international instruments containing rules and practical measures to combat the exploitation of persons, especially women and children, there is no universal instrument that addresses all aspects of trafficking in persons,Ĭoncerned that, in the absence of such an instrument, persons who are vulnerable to trafficking will not be sufficiently protected, Declaring that effective action to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, especially women and children, requires a comprehensive international approach in the countries of origin, transit and destination that includes measures to prevent such trafficking, to punish the traffickers and to protect the victims of such trafficking, including by protecting their internationally recognized human rights,
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