World Day Against Trafficking In Persons 2022: Prevent, Protect and Prosecute

July 30 marks the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the day is “set aside to raise awareness of the plight of human trafficking victims and to promote and protect their rights. Trafficking in Persons . . . is a crime and grave human rights violation of enormous scale, which is prevalent in situations of vulnerability.

This year, IOM will be marking this day under the theme Prevent, Protect and Prosecute to highlight the need for action and the importance of having an integrated approach in addressing trafficking. The Organization also joins the United Nations System to raise awareness under the global theme `Use and abuse of technology’, since technology is a tool that can both enable and impede human trafficking.”

The IOM has a countertrafficking webpage.

KJ