Joint Committee On Human Rights - Twenty-Sixth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 9 October 2006.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
The Government's consultation on a UK Action
Plan
2 Human rights
standards
Human trafficking: international definitions
Smuggling
Human trafficking under UK domestic law
Key human rights obligations
Positive and negative obligations
Obligation to prohibit trafficking and related
acts
Obligation to investigate, prosecute and
punish traffickers
Obligation to protect victims of trafficking
Identification of victims
Non-refoulement
Voluntary repatriation
Consular assistance
Participation in the criminal justice process
Compensation
3 The Council
of Europe Convention
Background to the Convention and Status of
Ratification
Overview of specific provisions
Article 10 (Identification of the victims)
Article 11 (Protection of private life)
Article 12 (Assistance to victims)
Article 13 (Recovery and reflection period)
Article 14 (Residence permit)
Article 15 (Compensation and legal redress)
Article 16 (Repatriation and return of victims)
Article 17 (Gender equality)
Arguments for and against signature and ratification
Argument for
Argument against
4 The scale
and nature of human trafficking in the UK
The UK as a destination and transit country
Scale and extent of the problem
Types of trafficking
Labour exploitation
Sexual exploitation
Legal and illegal migration
Who are the traffickers?
Who is being trafficked?
Trafficking push and pull factors
EU expansion and its possible implications
5 Prohibition,
prevention and law enforcement
In source states
Tackling demand
UK legislation to prohibit trafficking
Conclusions on prohibition of trafficking
Investigation, Prosecution and Punishment
of Traffickers
Reflex
SOCA
UK Human Trafficking Centre
Operation Pentameter
Operation Maxim
Operation Paladin Child
Statistics on law enforcement in the UK
Conclusions on investigation, prosecution
and punishment in the UK
6 Protection
of victims
Identification and referral of victims
Protection of victims' privacy and identity
Initial and early treatment of victims
Specific issues relating to children
Longer term treatment of victims
Asylum and removal
The Italian approach
Conclusions on protection of victims
Reflection periods and residence permits
Signature and ratification of the Council
of Europe Convention
7 Conclusions
and recommendations
Formal minutes
Witnesses
List of Written Evidence
Reports from the Joint Committee on Human Rights in this Parliament
List of Oral Evidence
Monday 22 May 2006
Monday 5 June 2006
Monday 26 June 2006
Monday 29 June 2006
Written Evidence
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