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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.

World Day against Trafficking in Persons

On the occasion of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, ICAT

Responding to the Misuse of Technology while Harnessing its Potential to Combat Human Trafficking

 |  Geneva, New York
The internet is misused by traffickers to recruit, advertise and exploit victims.

ICAT Briefing on its Past, Present and Future

 |  New York
On 5 October 2018, ICAT came together at the UN Headquarters in New York to deliver a briefing to Member States and civil society representatives, as the latest in a series of briefings held in New York and Vienna to provide an overview of ICAT’s growing body of work. This briefing was jointly organized by ICAT and the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Belarus to the United Nations.