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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.

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 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.

Vienna (Austria), 15 December 2020 — The vital role of inter-agency partnership to tackle trafficking in persons was reinforced today, during a meet

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

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  

Vienna – 6 April 2020 - The Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT), a lead policy mechanism to coordinate anti-trafficking res

Corporations and businesses, governments and international organizations, as well as consumers, all have a role to play in preventing, mitigating and address

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.