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2007 Global Initiative to Fight Trafficking, East Asia and the Pacific Regional
Workshop on Criminal Justice Responses to Trafficking in
Persons.
“Ending Impunity and Securing Justice”
United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, 2-4 October 2007
REPORT OF THE CHAIRPERSON
INTRODUCTION
1. The UN.GIFT East Asia and the Pacific Regional Workshop on Criminal
Justice Responses to Trafficking in Persons was held on 2 – 4 October 2007 in
Bangkok, Thailand. The Workshop was jointly organized by the Royal Thai
Government and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with
technical assistance from the Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons (ARTIP) project as
one in a series of regional events to feed into a global conference on trafficking in
persons scheduled to take place in Vienna in February 2008.
2. The Workshop was attended by delegations from Australia, Cambodia, China,
Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Palau, the
Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, Tonga and Vietnam.
3. Representatives from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the
International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Inter-
Agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (UNIAP),
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
CIDA-supported SEARCH Project, Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project
(ARTIP), the Government of Finland, the Government of the Netherlands, the
Government of Norway, the Government of Sweden, the Government of the United
States of America, the Centre for the Protection of Children’s Rights Foundation,
ECPAT, the Friends of Women Foundation, the Foundation for Women Acting for
Women in Distressing Circumstance (AFESIP), the Foundation for Women, the
Global Alliance against Trafficking in Women (GAATW), Coalition to Fight against
Children’s Exploitation (FACE), Forum Asia, Plan International, Save the Children
UK, World Vision, Interpol and several independent individuals participated as
observers.
4. Representatives from the ASEAN Secretariat, the ASEAN Senior Law Officers
Meeting (ASLOM), UNODC, ARTIP, the Government of Thailand, UNICEF, IOM, the
Government of Australia, the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of Norway provided expert input into various sessions and panels of the
UN.GIFT Regional Workshop on Criminal Justice Response, 2-4 October 2007, Bangkok
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