UN | 13 May 2014 (Ha Noi)
A new 5-year regional project was launched today in Ha Noi to fight human trafficking across Southeast Asia. The United Nations Action for Cooperation against Trafficking in Persons (UN-ACT) aims to ensure more strategic and effective cooperation between the different organisations responsible for tackling this serious form of human rights abuse.
Often called modern slavery, trafficking is a complex crime in which human beings are treated as possessions to be controlled and exploited. The Asia-Pacific region records by far the highest rates of human trafficking in the world. The ILO estimates that some 20.9 million people globally are in conditions of forced labour at any given point in time; and more than 50 percent of these – 11.7 million people – are in the Asia-Pacific region. Trafficking in the region takes place for labour and sexual exploitation, begging, forced marriage, illegal adoption and other purposes.
As in many parts of the world, human trafficking is a serious problem in Viet Nam, which is both a source and destination country for victims of human trafficking. Vietnamese women, men, boys and girls are trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation, forced labour, forced marriage and street begging. In recent years, the Government of Viet Nam has shown commitment to fighting human trafficking through interventions related to policy, prosecution, protection and prevention – referred to as the “4 Ps” in anti-trafficking work.
Viet Nam has implemented a National Plan of Action against Trafficking in Person and endorsed a national anti-trafficking law. It has also ratified the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crimes and the Protocols (UNTOC). However, important challenges remain as the scale of human trafficking in Viet Nam remains significant. From 2005 to date, Viet Nam’s law enforcement efforts uncovered more than 3,000 human trafficking cases with more than 5,000 offenders involved and 6,200 victims deceived and exploited.
UN-ACT will work closely with governments, civil society, academic and research organisations, as well as the private sector, to strengthen policy and operational responses to human trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region and beyond. By liaising with both government and non-governmental organisations, both centrally and at the local level, the project will help to translate what takes place at the policy level into effective action on the ground and vice versa. The aim is to ensure that governments are able to deliver the services that victims are entitled to and effectively punish the perpetrators of the crime of human trafficking.
Speaking at the launch event, the UN Resident Coordinator, Pratibha Mehta, emphasised the importance of UN-ACT. “Human trafficking is an issue of great concern. It exploits vulnerable people, resulting in severe suffering and grave violations of human rights. Working in a concerted and mutually supportive way is key not only to reducing, but also eventually to eradicating this form of modern slavery. Let us build on the strong foundation of cooperation established under UN-ACT, as we continue to work together.”
“As UN-ACT is a successor to the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP), we look forward to a continuation of unique, dynamic and creative interventions to effectively support countries in this region to counter human trafficking,” said General Nguyen Kien, Administrator of the Steering Office on Anti Drug and Crimes, Ministry of Public Security.
More information?
Download the Summary of the United Nations Action for Cooperation against Trafficking in Persons.
Or contact: Vu Thi Thu Phuong (Ms): Email vu.thi.thu.phuong@undp.org or Tel: (04) 3.9421495 – Ext 272
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May 26, 2014
Viet Nam celebrates launch of new regional project to fight human trafficking in Southeast Asia: Action for Cooperation against Trafficking in Persons
by HR Defender • [Human Rights]
UN | 13 May 2014 (Ha Noi)
Often called modern slavery, trafficking is a complex crime in which human beings are treated as possessions to be controlled and exploited. The Asia-Pacific region records by far the highest rates of human trafficking in the world. The ILO estimates that some 20.9 million people globally are in conditions of forced labour at any given point in time; and more than 50 percent of these – 11.7 million people – are in the Asia-Pacific region. Trafficking in the region takes place for labour and sexual exploitation, begging, forced marriage, illegal adoption and other purposes.
As in many parts of the world, human trafficking is a serious problem in Viet Nam, which is both a source and destination country for victims of human trafficking. Vietnamese women, men, boys and girls are trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation, forced labour, forced marriage and street begging. In recent years, the Government of Viet Nam has shown commitment to fighting human trafficking through interventions related to policy, prosecution, protection and prevention – referred to as the “4 Ps” in anti-trafficking work.
Viet Nam has implemented a National Plan of Action against Trafficking in Person and endorsed a national anti-trafficking law. It has also ratified the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crimes and the Protocols (UNTOC). However, important challenges remain as the scale of human trafficking in Viet Nam remains significant. From 2005 to date, Viet Nam’s law enforcement efforts uncovered more than 3,000 human trafficking cases with more than 5,000 offenders involved and 6,200 victims deceived and exploited.
UN-ACT will work closely with governments, civil society, academic and research organisations, as well as the private sector, to strengthen policy and operational responses to human trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region and beyond. By liaising with both government and non-governmental organisations, both centrally and at the local level, the project will help to translate what takes place at the policy level into effective action on the ground and vice versa. The aim is to ensure that governments are able to deliver the services that victims are entitled to and effectively punish the perpetrators of the crime of human trafficking.
Speaking at the launch event, the UN Resident Coordinator, Pratibha Mehta, emphasised the importance of UN-ACT. “Human trafficking is an issue of great concern. It exploits vulnerable people, resulting in severe suffering and grave violations of human rights. Working in a concerted and mutually supportive way is key not only to reducing, but also eventually to eradicating this form of modern slavery. Let us build on the strong foundation of cooperation established under UN-ACT, as we continue to work together.”
“As UN-ACT is a successor to the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP), we look forward to a continuation of unique, dynamic and creative interventions to effectively support countries in this region to counter human trafficking,” said General Nguyen Kien, Administrator of the Steering Office on Anti Drug and Crimes, Ministry of Public Security.
More information?
Download the Summary of the United Nations Action for Cooperation against Trafficking in Persons.
Or contact: Vu Thi Thu Phuong (Ms): Email vu.thi.thu.phuong@undp.org or Tel: (04) 3.9421495 – Ext 272