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The
Section against Trafficking in Persons was created in 2004 by Resolutions AG/RES. 1948 (XXXIII-O/03) y
AG/RES. 2019 (XXXIV-O/04) and was previously under the mandate of the
Inter-American Commission on Women (CIM).
The
objective of the Section is to facilitate the exchange of
information, provide training and promote policies against
trafficking in persons as a means to assist the OAS Member
States in their efforts to prevent and combat trafficking in
persons, specially in women, adolescents and children.
The Section
seeks to implement a comprehensive strategy to fight trafficking
in persons by contemplating the different elements of this
international challenge in relation to human rights, social
policies and transnational crime. |
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Highlights |
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Roundtable Discussion: " How can we
effectively combat trafficking in Persons?"
February 10, 2011
 The
Organization of American States trough its Department of Public
Security is organizing this discussion that will have IOM and
USA Department of State representatives among others.
>>More information, see
agenda
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OAS to Assist Jamaican Officials in Combating
Trafficking in Person
December 14, 2010
The Organization of American States (OAS) will train, on December 15
and 16 in Kingston, Jamaica, 40 police and immigration officials,
prosecutors and judges with the goal of increasing their awareness
of the crime of trafficking in persons and strengthening their
efforts to prevent and fight it. |
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Work Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons in the Western
Hemisphere 2010-2012 Adopted by the OAS
General Assembly in Lima, Peru in June 2010
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Trafficking in
Persons
