Asia-Pacific: Enhancing Human Security - Developing Local Govt Capacities to Combat Child Trafficking in the Asia-Pacific Region

Human trafficking, the largest slave trade in history, is a crime against humanity that poses perennial threats to human security. It involves an act of recruiting, transporting, transfering, harbouring or receiving a person through the use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them. As such, it is an outright violation of human rights. Every year, thousands of men, women and children fall into the hands of traffickers, in their own countries and abroad. Every country in the world is affected by trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit or destination for victims. 

Cities in the Asia-Pacific region can substantailly improve the situation by focusing and sharing experiences on the prevention of trafficking, prosecution of traffickers and the protection and reintegration of survivors. Various regional efforts are being made to combat the trafficking industry. 

The workshop, placing its focus on the trafficking of children, will i) provide lectures on human security concept, regional trends in trafficking and anti-trafficking measures, and prevention of human trafficking through various good practices at the local, national, and international levels; ii) provide assistance for local actors to better identify stakeholders and their roles; iii) bring about city-to-city cooperation to improve capacity in planning and implementing policy measures to prevent human trafficking. 

Content: 

The workshop is composed of the following: 

• Introduction of the regional Human Security Challenge in Child Trafficking across the Asia-Pacific Region 
• Overview on the regional trends in trafficking and anti-trafficking measures
• Best Practices and Key Case Studies in Prevention and Prosecution of Trafficking 
• Best Practices and Key Case Studies in Protection and Reintegration of Victims 
• Introduction of toolkits and mapping matrix developed by the UN agencies

This workshop aims at developing capacities of local actors while enabling the cities to find and share the best practices in suppressing human trafficking, particularly in the area of children.

For a detailed programme of the event, click here.