Primer on the Male Demand for Prostitution
Material Listing
The Exploitation of Trafficked Women
This resource is designed for police and other officials who work to address community problems related to trafficking and prostitution and to assist victims of trafficking.
The Anti-Human Trafficking Directory of Legal and Social Service Providers
- Listing of some organizations and resources by-state that have experience with assisting trafficked persons
- Not all states are included
- Lists services provided/available, contact information, languages & cultures, and experience
Combating Trafficking in Persons: A Directory of Organisations
This document is a collective resource for advocates, victims, and others looking to get in contact with relevant service providers in country of destination or origin.
Explanatory Report to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
Council of the European Convention provides definitions and information about prevention and protection measures, victims rights, investigation and prosecution, and other international instruments.
The Annotated Guide To The Complete UN Trafficking Protocol
- Outline format includes introductions and definitions (for example: 'sexual exploitation', 'slavery', 'trafficking')
- Annotations provide further clarification and elaboration for sections that have been suggested to be 'unclear' (example page 13 of 40) where language can be misconstrued or requires further definition
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing The United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime
- Palermo Protocol outlines protocol for working with victims of trafficking and prosecution of offenders
- Includes definitions, for example meaning of 'trafficking in persons'
- Organized into four provisions
- I. General Provisions
- II. Protection of Victims
- III. Prevention, Cooperation, and Other Measures
- IV. Final Provisions
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Adopted in 1948 by 58 member states of the United Nations, UDHR defines human rights as fundamental to all human beings and requires governments to take actions to protect human rights of all beings.
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
- The purpose of Optional Protocol is to further achieve the purposes of the Convention of the Child of 1989 and the implementation of its provisions
- Details and extends the appropriate measures that States Parties should undertake in order to guarantee the protection of the child from the sale of children, child prostitution, and child pornography
- Available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts
Convention on the Rights of the Child
- The Convention of the Rights of the Child outlines and defines the inherent rights of the child as well as protective protocol as is defined and written in the Charter of the United Nations
- Details the rights that are ensured to the child, including measures to combat the illicit transfer and non-return of children abroad, and what should be done in certain instances to provide assistance and safe return
- Available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts
Additional protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Organized into 21 Articles, the additional protocol of the State Party details directions to the Committee on how to consider and declare communication between committees and state parties on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.
- Available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Among the international human rights treaties, the Convention takes an important place in bringing women into the focus of human rights concerns. The present document spells out the meaning of equality and how it can be achieved.
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of others
- The Convention includes 28 Articles detailing protocol for punishment, extradition, and governmental agreements to punish any person who exploits another person in instances of unlawful detainment coercion related to prostitution and detainment in brothels, etc.
- Convention also aimed at extending limitations of the laws in aiding victims and punishing offenders (for example: disqualifying an offender from the exercise of civil rights in certain situations)
Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade and institutions and practices similar to slavery
- 15 Articles organized into 6 Sections
- Section I: Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery
- Section II: The Slave Trade
- Section III: Slavery, Institutions, & Practices Similar to Slavery
- Section IV: Definitions
- Section V: Cooperation Between States Parties and Communication of Information
- Section VI: Final Clauses
- Text are available in English, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish
Protocol amending the Slavery Convention
- 5 Articles that supplement the Slavery Convention of 1926