World Anti-Trafficking Day

Trafficking in persons is a crime that exploits women, children and men for many purposes, including forced labor and bad. The International Labor Organization estimates that nearly 21 million people around the world are victims of forced labor. This figure also includes victims of trafficking for labor and badual exploitation purposes. Although it is not known how many of them have been trafficked, the figure implies that there are currently millions of victims worldwide. All countries are affected by trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit or destination of the victims. Slavery, both in its modern and ancient forms, is not only a shame, but is "the execrable sum of all the wicked," as defined by the abolitionist John Wesley, and is not a shame. has no place in our world. [19659002] About 30% of victims of trafficking are children and 70% are women and girls. These are the data published in the World Report on Trafficking in Persons prepared by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

In 2010, the General Assembly adopted a Global Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons, Urging governments around the world to defeat this scourge. The Plan calls for integrating anti-trafficking into United Nations programs for the promotion of development and strengthening of global security. A crucial provision of the Plan is the creation of a voluntary fund for victims of trafficking, especially women and children.

This fund facilitates direct badistance and protection to victims of trafficking through donations to non-profit organizations. specialized government. In the near future, the goal is to give priority to victims of armed conflict or who are part of large migratory flows or refugees. They will also focus their badistance on victims who have been trafficked for badually exploiting them, removing organs, forcing them to beg and commit crimes, and other increasingly frequent activities (p. Ex.

In 2013, the General Assembly held a meeting to evaluate the Global Plan of Action.Member States adopted resolution A / RES / 68/192 and designated July 30 as World Day Against Trafficking The resolution states that the day is necessary to "raise awareness of the situation of victims of human trafficking and to promote and protect their rights."

In September 2015, countries adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and agreed to achieve the goals and objectives of the fight against human trafficking, which calls for an end to child trafficking and violence against children. of the measures against trafficking in general and to end all forms of violence against women and girls and their exploitation.

A year later, another important event was the Refugees and Migrants Summit, in which the New York Declaration was adopted. In this document, the countries commit themselves to respect 19 points, three of which, precisely, focus on the fight against human trafficking and smuggling of migrants.

This year, 2018, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has selected The Response to Trafficking in Children and Youth as the central theme of the World Anti-Trafficking Day. This campaign highlights the fact that nearly one-third of trafficking victims are children. With this, the goal is to draw attention to the problems faced by child victims of trafficking and possible action initiatives related to the protection and guarantee of justice for child victims.

If you want to participate in this campaign on social networks, use the tags #Trata and #FinALaTrata.