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The Anti-Trafficking Convention: Protecting Women and Girls Worldwide

Learn about the Anti-Trafficking Convention, which aims to combat human trafficking and protect women and girls. Find out which countries have ratified the convention, how it is implemented, and why it is important to organizations like Zonta International.

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The Anti-Trafficking Convention: Protecting Women and Girls Worldwide

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  1. Zonta International and the Anti-Trafficking ConventionThe Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings ZI Council of Europe Committee March 2017

  2. What is “The Anti-Trafficking Convention”?

  3. The Scope of the Convention

  4. The Core Values of the Convention

  5. Convention Data - Who has acceded to the Anti-Trafficking Convention? • The Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings was opened for signature in Warsaw on 16 May 2005. It entered into force on 1 February 2008. • As of February 2017 it was ratified by 45 Council of Europe member states and signed by one, not followed by ratification. In addition it has been ratified by one non-CoE member state, Belarus. • Find out which countries signed/ratified the Anti-Trafficking Convention: http://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventions/treaty/197/signatures?p_auth=C8VCXTSf

  6. Can Non-Member States of the CoE join? Yes!

  7. What does the Convention require the States to do?

  8. How is the implementationof the Convention monitored?

  9. Statistics on trafficking in human beings

  10. Why is the Anti-Trafficking Convention important to Zonta?

  11. Synergy The Anti-Trafficking Convention covers all women and girls, from any background, regardless of their age, race, religion, social origin, migrant status or sexual orientation. The Convention recognizes that there are groups of women and girls that are often at greater risk of experiencing trafficking and states need to ensure that their specific needs are taken into account. Advocacy is one important part of Zonta’s mission to fight for gender equality and women’s rights. “We need to work to attack the root causes – attitudes, changes in the law and more – to bring about substantial change”. Sonja Hönig Schough, President Zonta International Zonta International Foundation

  12. Zonta Internationalcan play an active role SAFE FROM FEAR SAFE FROM VIOLENCE STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT!

  13. What do you need to do?

  14. Are there any other actors fighting trafficking in human beings? The „UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime“ • Nov. 2000: The GA openedthreesupplementaryProtocolstotheConvention= The Palermo Protocols. • Oneofthem„The Protocol toPrevent, Suppress and PunishTrafficking in Persons“, enteredintoforce 25 Dec 2003. • Itprovidedthefirstinternationallyagreeddefinitionoftrafficking in persons. • As of March 2017: Ratifications: 170 states, signatories: 117 states

  15. The UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons • Purpose: Tocombat and preventtrafficking in persons, toassistvictims and to promote international cooperation. • Roleof NGOs: Is not explicitlymentionedas such, but theirroleasinformationsource and collectorisdeemedincreasinglyimportant. • Monitoring Mechanism: Does not include any special monitoring mechanism and provisions; this is rather the duty of each state party.

  16. The Anti-Trafficking Convention „Therecannotbeeffectivepreventionof human traffickingwithouteducation, empowerment and anti-discriminationmeasures.“ Nicolas Le Coz, Presidentof GRETA 18 October 2012 6th EU Anti-Trafficking Day

  17. Sources and References For more info on the CoE Anti-Trafficking Convention: http://www.coe.int/en/web/anti-human-trafficking/home For more info on the UN Protocol: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/data-and-analysis/glotip.html http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/index.html?ref=menuside

  18. Further information or questions Anita Schnetzer-Spranger, Chairman, D 28 Zonta Club of Mainz, Germany schnetzer-spranger@gmx.de Irma Ertman, Vice-Chairman, D 20 Zonta Club of Helsinki II, Finland ertman.irma@gmail.com Frieda Demey, Member, D 27 Zonta Club of Brussel Zavel, Belgium frie.demey@skynet.be Anne Kraus, Member, D 27 Zonta Club of Luxembourg- Multiculturel, Luxembourg krausanne@hotmail.com Karin Nordmeyer, D 30, Legal Advisor Zonta Club of Freiburg-Schauinsland, Germany knordmeyer@gmx.de

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