- Encourages all countries to improve on reducing demand, targeting the criminals (traffickers), and protecting trafficking victims
- Makes specific recommendations to member states
- Information contained in this report is taken from the UNODC Database on Human Trafficking Trends from the period of 1996-2003. The data doesn't include actual numbers of victims 'nor does it provide statistics directly reflecting the severity of human trafficking around the globe.' (45)
- Includes case studies to punctuate depth and complexity of human trafficking from different countries and contexts