S/RES/2388 (2017)
Noting the initiative by Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the
Department of Field Support and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to
develop a training module on human trafficking and smuggling of migrants for in
mission training of police personnel in selected peacekeeping missions, where
applicable,
Underscoring the need for improved collection, also through relevant data
base systems managed by international organizations, including UNODC and
INTERPOL, of timely, objective, accurate and reliable data on trafficking in persons
in situations of conflict, disaggregated by sex, age and other relevant factors, as well
as on financial flows associated with trafficking in persons,
Reaffirming the need to ensure organization and coherence in the efforts of the
United Nations System to address trafficking in persons in areas affected by armed
conflict or in post conflict situations and further recognizing the need to continue to
work towards an enhanced comprehensive and coordinated approach to prevent and
combat trafficking, which can contribute to sustainable peace and stability,
1.
Reaffirms its condemnation in the strongest terms of all instances of
trafficking in persons, especially women and children, who make up the vast
majority of all victims of trafficking in persons in areas affected by armed conflicts,
and stresses that trafficking in persons undermines the rule of law and contributes to
other forms of transnational organized crime, which can exacerbate conflict and
foster insecurity and instability and undermine development;
2.
Urges Members States to consider, as a matter of priority, ratifying or
acceding to, and for States Parties to effectively implement, the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its supplementing Protocol
to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and
Children, as well as all relevant international instruments;
3.
Calls upon Member States to reinforce their political commitment to and
improve their implementation of applicable legal obligations to criminalize, prevent,
and otherwise combat trafficking in persons, and to strengthen efforts to detect and
disrupt trafficking in persons, including implementing robust victim identification
mechanisms and providing access to protection and assistance for identified victims,
including in relation to areas affected by armed conflict; underscores in this regard
the importance of international law enforcement cooperation, including with respect
to investigation and prosecution of trafficking cases and, in this regard, calls for the
continued support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in
providing technical assistance to Member States upon request;
4.
Further calls upon Member States, where appropriate, to review, amend
and implement anti-trafficking and related legislation to ensure that all forms of
trafficking in persons, including when it is committed in situations of armed conf lict
or by armed and terrorist groups are addressed, and to consider establishing
jurisdiction to end the impunity of offenders in line with art. 15 of the UN
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime;
5.
Also calls upon Member States to step up their efforts to investigate,
disrupt and dismantle networks engaging in trafficking in persons in areas affected
by armed conflict and to take all appropriate measures to collect, preserve and store
evidence of human trafficking;
6.
Calls upon Member States to combat crimes that might be connected
with trafficking in persons in areas affected by armed conflict, such as money laundering, corruption, the smuggling of migrants and other forms of organized
crime, including by making use of financial investigations in order to identify and
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