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- Legal definition and elements of trafficking
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Treaty Standards
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (1999)
- Convention (No. 122) on Employment Policy (1964) (excerpts)
- Convention (No. 105) Abolition of Forced Labour (1957)
- Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (2000)
- Convention (No. 29) Concerning Forced Labour (1930)
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) (excerpts)
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) (excerpts)
- Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (1949)
- Slavery Convention (1927) (excerpts)
- Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery (1956) (excerpts)
- Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the Convention on Transnational Organized Crime (2000)
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979)
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (2002)
- Convention (No. 182) on the Prohibition and Immediate Action Against the Worst Forms of Child Labour (1999)
- Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (1990)
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998) (excerpts)
Non-treaty standards
- Millenium Declaration (2000)
- Guidelines on the Protection of Child Victims of Trafficking. UNICEF Technical Notes (2006)
- Guidelines on International Protection: The application of Art. 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees to victims of trafficking and persons at risk of being trafficked (2006)
- Guidelines on Justice in matters involving child victims and witnesses of crime (ECOSOC Resolution 2005/20) (2005)
- UNDPKO Policy Paper (2004)
- WHO Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Interviewing Trafficked Women (2003)
- Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking (2002)
- Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993)
- Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power (1985)
- ECOSOC Resolution 1997/30 on Administration of Juvenile Justice (1997)
- Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women (1995) (excerpts)
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
- Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action - World Conference on Human Rights (1993) (excerpts)
Case-law
- International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia - case of Kunarac et al. (IT-96-23&23/1)
- International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia - case of Kunarac et al. Trial Chamber Judgement (22 February 2001)
- International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia - case of Kunarac et al. Appeals Chamber Judgement (12 June 2002)
- International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia - case of Stankovic (IT-96-23/2-I). Third amended indictment (24 February 2004)
- International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia - case of Rasevic & Todovic (IT-97-25/1-PT)
- International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia - case of Rasevic & Todovic. Second joint amended indictment (7 April 2006)
- UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received (2006)
Others
- Model Law against Trafficking in Persons
- UNODC, Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons. Global Programme Against Trafficking in Human Beings (2006)
- 2nd World Congress on Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (Yokohama, 2001)
- UNDPKO Human Trafficking Resource Package (2004)
- UNODC, Legislative Guide for the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto (2004)
- ILO-IPEC, Child-friendly Standards and Guidelines for the Recovery and Integration of Trafficked Children (2006)
- UNODC, Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons (2008)
- UNODC, Anti-Trafficking Assessment Tool
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Resources for Law Makers
- UNOHCHR, Annual Reports of the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons
- UNDP, Law Enforcement Best Practice Manuals for Fighting against Human Trafficking (2003)
- Rohit Malpani, Legal Aspects of Trafficking for Forced Labour Purposes in Europe, ILO (2006)