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Women’s Rights, Child Rights, Trafficking in Human Beings BIM Annual Report 2008
Guiding Principles on Memoranda of Understanding between Key Stakeholders and
Law Enforcement Agencies on Counter-Trafficking Cooperation
Summary
In the framework of the “United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT)”, of
which the International Organization for Migration is one of the members of the Steering Committee,
IOM Vienna is implementing an Expert Group Initiative (EGI) on cooperation between law enforcement
agencies and stakeholders.
The outcome of this EGI is the development of guiding principles on cooperation between law enforcement
agencies and other stakeholders. The guiding principles should support the elaboration of
Memoranda of Understanding regarding the protection and assistance to trafficked persons. In order to
ensure a multidisciplinary approach, a Working-Level Expert Group was established. It will consist of
national and international trafficking in human beings experts from the law enforcement sector, NGOs,
Intergovernmental Organizations, research institutions as well as labour inspectorates. The group had
the possibility to discuss the guiding principles during a two-days conference and comment on the draft
throughout the whole development process.
Countries
Persons
involved
global
Researcher
Julia Planitzer
Contact person
Julia Planitzer, julia.planitzer@univie.ac.at
Lead
organisation
International Organization
for Migration, Vienna
Partner
organisation
UN.GIFT (United Nations
Global Initiative to Fight
Human Trafficking)
Starting/
end date
Funded by
November 2008 to March 2009
International Organization for Migration, Vienna
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