The US State Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) reports
give excellent overview and worldwide statistics of human
trafficking.
The
Yokohama Mid-Term Report 2005 (pdf)
has summarized and tabulated information on the progress of
the commitments implemented by various countries in the East Asia
and Pacific Region. The appended list of commitments can be used
as indicators or measures of effectiveness.
UNICEF’s
Child Protection Information Sheet: Trafficking
(pdf) is a concise summary of the
issues.
Comparative Analysis of the Elements of Anti-Trafficking
Legislation in the Asia-Pacific-US Region
(pdf) by Dr Mohamed Mattar,
Co-Director of The Protection Project compares the existing legal
framework in 12 Asia-Pacific countries.
Legal Responses to the Conditions of Victims of Trafficking in
Countries of Destination (pdf)
by Dr Mohamed Mattar of The Protection Project gives an overview
of the rights of the victims in contrast with their treatment in
the destination countries.
Youth Involved in Prostitution, Pornography and Sex Trafficking
(pdf) is part of Youth Advocate
Program International's booklets on Commercial Sexual Exploitation
of Children, giving an introduction to CSEC issues. To order
printed copies of this booklet, please contact:
Youth Advocate Program International
4545 42nd St., NW, Suite 209, Washington, DC 20016 USA
Tel: 202/244-1986, Fax: 202/244-6396
Email: yapi@igc.org Web:
http://www.yapi.org
Cost per booklet is US$6.
The Mekong Challenge: Human Trafficking - Redefining Demand
(pdf) is part of a study on the link
between the demand for migrant labour and trafficking of children
and young women in the Mekong sub-region.
The International Labour Organisation’s publication
Trafficking in Children into the Worst Forms of Child Labour: A
Rapid Assessment on trafficking at the Myanmar, Thailand and Lao
border (pdf) gives a good
overview of some of the factors endemic in the Mekong Region.
Combating Trafficking in Children for Labour Exploitation in the
Mekong Sub-Region (pdf) is an
ILO-IPEC publication, giving an example intervention in addressing
trafficking.
Gender Analysis of the Patterns of Human Trafficking in and
through the Koh Kong Province (pdf)
by the Legal Support for Women and Children highlights the
gender issues of trafficking.
Piercing through the Gloom: (2004) (pdf)
is a speech by Philip Robertson Jr, former Program Manager
of United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking in the
Greater Mekong Sub-region (UNIAP), covering in brief the
connection between migrant labour and trafficking.
Yokohama Commitments - Promises Kept, Promises Forgotten (2001)
(pdf) has the country-by-country
summary of South Asia’s implementation of the Yokohama agreement.
International Organisation for Migration’s
Bulletin Trafficking in Migrants (pdf)
shows briefs of what is being done globally for trafficking
and migration, indicating the types of interventions possible.
Toolkit for implementing and monitoring the East Asia and Pacific
Regional Commitment and Action Plan against Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children (pdf)
Participatory Monitoring: Guidelines for practitioners in the
fight against human trafficking (pdf)
is the ILO Mekong project's latest publication (Dec 05). It
offers guidelines on participatory monitoring with an emphasis on
inclusive monitoring for impact rather than focusing on the
activities themselves.
Protocol for Identification and Assistance to Trafficked Persons
and Training Kit (pdf) is a
manual on identification of trafficked people in practice. It aims
to provide basic information to those most likely to encounter
trafficked person and help to make the difficult task of
identification easier - front-line police and immigration
officers, detention centres workers and services providers.
Be Smart, Be Safe (pdf) is a
brochure by the U.S. Department of State Bureau for International
Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs on safe migration - a
prevention resource.
Combating Trafficking of Women and Children in South Asia
(pdf) is a book prepared by Asian
Development Bank (ADB) as a guide for integrating trafficking
concerns into ADB's operations. ADB's efforts to mainstream
anti-trafficking concerns into project activities can be an
example of how to integrate addressing such issues with actual
projects such as water supply or agriculture, to combat
trafficking.
Establishing a Bill of Rights for Victims of Trafficking in
Persons: How It Can Become a Possibility
(pdf) by Dr Mohamed Mattar,
Co-Director of the The Protection Project.
Voices Across the Mekong: Community action against trafficking of
children and women (pdf) is a
first-hand account of women and children speaking up about
benefits their participation has brought them.
The
Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual
Exploitation in Travel and Tourism (pdf)
gives aspect of addressing trafficking from the demand
side. For more information, visit
www.thecode.org
(web).
Good Practice in Asia-Pac to combat CSEC
(pdf) gives more secular case studies from the Asia Pacific
Region.
http://www.unescap.org/esid/GAD/Issues/CSEC/index.asp
(web) has links to resources and background material.
http://www.humantraffickingsearch.net
(web) offers information about more than 120 countries
through a broad range of articles, research studies, congressional
testimony, case studies, UNODC public service videos, a data map
on child labor, and a daily news service.
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/fs/2005/
(web) has more information and facts about the issue.
