Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
A/RES/73/195
To realize this commitment, we will draw from the following actions:
(a) Promote ratification of, accession to and implementation of the Protocol
to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and
Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime;
(b) Promote the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action
to Combat Trafficking in Persons 22 and take into consideration relevant
recommendations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons and other relevant UNODC documents
when developing and implementing national and regional policies and measures
relating to trafficking in persons;
(c) Monitor irregular migration routes which may be exploited by human
trafficking networks to recruit and victimize smuggled or irregular migrants, in order
to strengthen cooperation at the bilateral, regional and cross-regional levels on
prevention, investigation and prosecution of perpetrators, as well as on identification
and protection of, and assistance to, victims of trafficking in persons;
(d) Share relevant information and intelligence through transnational and
regional mechanisms, including on the modus operandi, economic models and
conditions driving trafficking networks, strengthen cooperation between all relevant
actors, including financial intelligence units, regulators and financial institutions, to
identify and disrupt financial flows associated with trafficking in persons, and
enhance judicial cooperation and enforcement so as to ensure accountability and end
impunity;
(e) Apply measures that address the particular vulnerabilities of women, men,
girls and boys, regardless of their migration status, who have become or are at risk of
becoming victims of trafficking in persons and other forms of exploitation, by
facilitating access to justice and safe reporting without fear of detention, deportation
or penalty, focusing on prevention, identification, appropriate protection and
assistance, and addressing specific forms of abuse and exploitation;
(f) Ensure that definitions of trafficking in persons used in le gislation,
migration policy and planning, as well as in judicial prosecutions, are in accordance
with international law, in order to distinguish between the crimes of trafficking in
persons and smuggling of migrants;
(g) Strengthen legislation and relevant procedures to enhance prosecution of
traffickers, avoid criminalization of migrants who are victims of trafficking in persons
for trafficking-related offences, and ensure that the victim receives appropriate
protection and assistance, not conditional upon cooperation with the authorities
against suspected traffickers;
(h) Provide migrants who have become victims of trafficking in persons with
protection and assistance, such as measures for physical, psychological and social
recovery, as well as measures that permit them to remain in the country of destination,
temporarily or permanently, in appropriate cases, facilitating victims ’ access to
justice, including redress and compensation, in accordance with international law;
(i) Create national and local information systems and training programmes
which alert and educate citizens, employers, as well as public officials and law
enforcement officers, and strengthen capacities to identify signs of trafficking in
persons, such as forced, compulsory or child labour, in countries of origin, transit and
destination;
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