Solution+Research


 * Stronger Law Enforcement:**

"Human Rights Documentation Center (HRDC)." //Human Rights Documentation Center (HRDC)//. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2011. . http://www.hrdc.net/sahrdc/hrfquarterly/Oct_Dec_2002/Trafficking_solution.htm


 * //There should be a specialized agency internationally that addresses human trafficking //
 * //NHRIs should evaluate a country's attention to human rights in terms of HT and act on human rights in areas that are lacking in order to protect citizens //
 * //Source states and corresponding states must contribute two of their pilots to aid in the long-term Pilot Project to work together on the issue of Human Trafficking. //
 * //Government agency responses to human trafficking should be reviewed by NHRI //
 * //NHRI should encourage government to create inter-agency strategies to ensure a more effective approach by all of the agencies. //
 * //State parties should be be urged to create Specialized Task Forces to combined relevant ministries, departments and reps of victims to address the issue //
 * **NHRIs should encourage governments to establish Specialised Investigative Units within the Police devoted entirely to anti-trafficking enforcement efforts. Special Officers of the NHRC should be recruited to staff these units. **
 * **NHRIs should develop systems of regional cooperation by encouraging States to develop a bilateral or regional database on trafficked persons and bilateral arrangements to facilitate exchange of information and repatriation. **
 * **NHRIs should encourage governments to establish special procedures within the judicial system such as courts with special powers to ensure that prompt prosecutions of traffickers are heard without any adjournment except in the most exceptional of circumstances, and measures that would ensure that victims of trafficking are not removed by way of deportation from the jurisdiction of the prosecutorial court before the conclusion of criminal proceedings against traffickers. **
 * **NHRIs should encourage governments to ensure that courts with special powers are established at the local and district levels. **
 * **NHRIs should help develop a code of conduct within the context of the UN Guidelines and Principles on Human Rights and Human Trafficking: NHRIs should develop and conduct awareness programmes with agencies that deal with victims of trafficking, including NHRC officials, premised on an approach that takes into account the human rights of victims as well as the law enforcement issues involved. **
 * **places for trafficked women to stay pending deportation with adequate access to services such as legal aid, counselling, medical and other essential services; **
 * **ensuring that trafficked women have access to their country's diplomatic representation in compliance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Access; **
 * **avoidance of mandatory deportation in circumstances where a return to the original State may expose victims of trafficking to further exploitation and persecution, and where premature expulsion from the host State may jeopardise victims' access to civil redress for loss of income and other entitlements owed to them in return for their labour; **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">provisions for the granting of asylum and access to authorities concerned including the opportunity to contact a representative of the UNHCR. Provision should also be made for asylum visas for victims who provide information to police or who testify in criminal prosecutions. **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 15px;">NHRIs should encourage governments to assign officers of integrity, a substantial number of who are female officers, to the border police and regular police within the border district of both host and source State. A legal consultant may be retained on a fixed-term contract to identify and resolve any legal hurdles that serve as barriers to successful prosecution of trafficking cases. **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 15px;">NHRIs should encourage governments to hold biannual meetings between the coordinators, the District Superintendents of Police from the border districts, and officers from the Interpol Divisions of the Intelligence Bureau of countries to exchange information and coordinate anti-trafficking enforcement efforts. **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 15px;">NHRIs should develop comprehensive strategies to monitor on fortnightly basis cross-border operations and prepare quarterly reports on cross-border enforcement activities for the respective Home Ministries, NHRIs and the OHCHR. These reports shall serve as the basis for agenda items to be included in the regular meetings between the respective Home Secretaries. **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 15px;">NHRIs should encourage governments to establish a pilot witness protection programme, which could operate under the expertise of personnel from the NHRC and relevant NGO networks. **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 15px;">NHRIs should use their expertise in human rights to assist governments in drawing up guidelines/codes of conduct to combat discrimination on the basis of actual, perceived or suspected HIV status in its dealings with victims of trafficking. These codes should translate human rights principles into codes of professional responsibility and practice, with accompanying mechanisms to implement and enforce these codes. NHRIs should encourage and assist governments to develop and incorporate within the National Plans of Action on Trafficking measures to combat HIV/AIDS which incorporate international human rights standards. These measures should be participatory and transparent. **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 15px;">NHRIs should use their expertise in human rights to assist governments in drawing up guidelines/codes of conduct to combat discrimination on the basis of actual, perceived or suspected HIV status in its dealings with victims of trafficking. These codes should translate human rights principles into codes of professional responsibility and practice, with accompanying mechanisms to implement and enforce these codes. NHRIs should encourage and assist governments to develop and incorporate within the National Plans of Action on Trafficking measures to combat HIV/AIDS which incorporate international human rights standards. These measures should be participatory and transparent. **

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/human_trafficking

"FBI — Human Trafficking." //FBI — Homepage//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. <http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/human_trafficking>.


 * Support and Protect Victims:**

"United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime." //United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime//. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2011. <http://www.unodc.org>.

http://www.unodc.org/pdf/gift%20brochure.pdf
 * strengthen prevention
 * warn vulnerable groups
 * alleviate factors that make people vulnerable
 * poverty
 * underdevelopment
 * lack of opportunity
 * Ensure:
 * housing
 * counselling, medical, and physical assistance
 * Keep in mind women and children at risk
 * refugees and conflict zone victims
 * Create an informational contact group:
 * create long term momentum of activism against HT
 * make it easier for victims to receive help

"Human Trafficking | Polaris Project | Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery." //Polaris Project | Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery//. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2011. <http://www.polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/overview>.

http://www.polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/overview

http://www.stophumantrafficking.org/index.html

"Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking - Home." //Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking - Home//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. <http://www.stophumantrafficking.org/index.html>.


 * Make the public aware of "red flags"
 * this helps identify victims in the public eye
 * Provide training and awareness to:
 * law enforcement agencies
 * medical facilities
 * faith based and civil community organizations