Fight against trafficking in human beings
Trafficking in human beings, for whatever reason – sexual exploitation or work – is a violation of fundamental human rights. Because it affects vulnerable groups such as women and children in particular, the European Union has focused its action on objectives aiming to protect these groups and to prevent and combat this phenomenon, especially by strengthening cooperation and coordination between the police and judicial authorities of the Member States. Likewise, the EU is introducing a framework of common provisions in order to tackle certain issues, such as criminalisation and penalties or aggravating circumstances in the case of trafficking in human beings. The action of the EU, which in this way is also designed to protect the victims of trafficking, is based on instruments defining its objectives and priorities, but it is also integrated in a broader context of protection against violence, sexual tourism and child pornography.
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GENERAL FRAMEWORK
- Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings
- Group of Experts on Trafficking in Human Beings
- Combating violence towards children, adolescents and women: Daphne III programme (2007-2013)
- Protocol against the trafficking of people
- Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Air and Sea
- Residence permit for victims of human trafficking
- Plan on best practices, standards and procedures
- The external dimension of the area of freedom, security and justice
- Combating trafficking in human beingsArchives
- Experts Group on Trafficking in Human BeingsArchives
- Action to prevent violence against children, young people and women: the DAPHNE II programme (2004-08)Archives
- Action to combat violence against children, young persons and women: the Daphne programmeArchives
- STOP IIArchives
- Incentive and exchange programme for persons responsible for combating trade in human beings and the sexual exploitation of children (STOP)Archives
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THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
- Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography
- Safer Internet programme 2009-13
- Combating child pornography on the Internet
- Combating the sexual exploitation of children and child pornographyArchives
- Search for missing or sexually exploited children
- Action plan on unaccompanied minors (2010-14)
- Protecting children in the digital world
- Towards a Strategy on the Rights of the ChildArchives
- Combating trafficking in human beings, the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography
- The implementation of measures to combat child sex tourism
- Combating child sex tourism
- THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN