ICAT promotes multi-stakeholder partnerships to ensure rights-based victim-centred approaches to trafficking in persons
| Vienna
Multi-stakeholder partnerships are increasingly being recognized as an essential pillar to effectively addressing the multi-faceted nature of trafficking in persons.
This was the strong message that came out of two virtual events that the Inter-Agency Coordination Group Against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) supported during the recent 21st Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference, held from 14 to 16 June 2021.
ICAT network examines findings of 2020 UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons
Vienna, 11 March - Over 30 expert members from the Inter-Agency Coordination Group Against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) consulted virtually to discuss findings from the newly released 2020 UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons.
Trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal in focus at 14th United Nations Crime Congress side-event
Trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal is one of the listed forms of exploitation in the UN Trafficking in Persons Protocol. On 11 March, in the margins of the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, held in Kyoto, Japan, with the participation of experts from different ICAT members and partners, UNODC organized an ancillary event to discuss effective action to address this crime.
Leading UN Forum Renews Commitment to Countering Human Trafficking
Vienna (Austria), 15 December 2020 — The vital role of inter-agency partnership to tackle trafficking in persons was reinforced today, during a meet
COVID-19 limits road to justice for victims of human trafficking
Access to justice for victims of human trafficking has been seriously impeded by the restrictions in place to control the COVID-19 pandemic, as services are
Amidst the COVID-19 global crisis, ICAT calls for coordinated action to address trafficking in persons for forced labour
| Geneva, Vienna
Geneva, Vienna, 10 July 2020 - Over 80 percent of the global workforce has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures taken to contain
Technology and Trafficking in Persons during COVID-19 and beyond
Technology and Trafficking in Persons during COVID-19 and beyond
Punishing traffickers, not victims – ICAT launches an Issue Brief on the non-punishment principle for victims of human trafficking
| Vienna
Vienna – 6 April 2020 - The Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT), a lead policy mechanism to coordinate anti-trafficking res
Promoting a human-rights approach in addressing trafficking in persons in supply chains - Geneva - 27 February 2020
| Geneva
Corporations and businesses, governments and international organizations, as well as consumers, all have a role to play in preventing, mitigating and address
ICAT promotes multi-stakeholder partnerships to address trafficking in supply chains, including through public procurement
| Vienna
On 9 September 2019, ICAT convened a policy dialogue to advance State responses to trafficking in persons in supply chains, including through sustainable procurement processes. A multi-stakeholder panel of national experts and practitioners briefed a large gathering of State representatives in the margins of the meeting of the intergovernmental Working Group on Trafficking in Persons of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.