- Sustainable Finance and Trafficking in Persons
The financial sector plays a crucial role in countering trafficking in persons. Investors’ attention on human rights has increased over the years. It is integral that financial sector actors do not only ensure that they are not causing, contributing or directly linked to human trafficking by business relationships, but that they proactively contribute to a higher standard of living for groups at heightened risk of vulnerability, which would contribute to vulnerability reduction and reduce the risk of (re)trafficking. This Issue Paper discusses how sustainable finance can be harnessed to prevent and address trafficking. It further provides recommendations on how to leverage sustainable finance to counter human trafficking.
Click here to read the latest ICAT issue Paper on Sustainable Finance.
- ICAT calls for accelerated action by 2025 to prevent and end child trafficking
Child trafficking is one of the worst forms of violence against children, and a serious global concern that requires urgent response. On 8 November 2023, the Principals of Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) released a Call to Action persuading States, businesses, and financial sectors, to consolidate their efforts in countering child trafficking with child protection as a top priority.
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- Joint Statement of the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) on the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, 2023
On the occasion of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2023, the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) calls on all States and other duty bearers to act immediately to strengthen measures addressing vulnerability to trafficking in persons, ensure effective prosecution of perpetrators and of those who benefit from exploitation, as well as improve access of trafficked persons to protection and support that is human rights-based, trauma-informed, and gender-, age-, and disability-sensitive, so that no one – trafficked or at risk – is left behind, and ensure meaningful and ethical inclusion of survivors’ voices and perspectives.
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- ICAT Webinar Series 2023: Trafficking in persons data collection and research
Between June and November 2023, the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) will organize six webinars to advance discussions on trafficking in persons data collection and research.
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- ICAT Chairs' Annual Report 2022
The 2022 ICAT Annual Report presents the highlights of the work undertaken in 2022 under the co-chairpersonship of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD).
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Publications
Sustainable Finance and Trafficking in Persons
The financial sector plays a crucial role in countering trafficking in persons. Investors’ attention on human rights has increased over the years. It is integral that financial sector actors do not…
ICAT Calls for Accelerated Action by 2025 to Prevent and End Child Trafficking (Edited version)
Child trafficking is one of the worst forms of violence against children, and a serious global concern that requires urgent response. On 8 November 2023, the Principals of Inter-Agency Coordination…
Joint Statement of the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) on the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, 2023
On the occasion of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2023, the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) calls on all States and other duty bearers to act…