Trafficking in persons report for 2019

Trafficking in persons report for 2019
Question: According to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for 2019 what is the category of India?
(a) Tier-1
(b) Tier-2
(c) Tier-3
(d) None of the above
Answer (b)
Related facts:
  • The U.S. State Department has released the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for 2019.
  • India continued to be placed in Tier-2 on the country trafficking scale.
  • The U.S. State Department report has used the International Labour Organisation (ILO) data.

Highlights of the Report

  • There are 25 million adults and children suffering from labour and sex trafficking all over the world. In 77% of the cases, victims are trafficked within their own countries of residence, rather than across borders.
  • The number of victims trafficked domestically was high compared to foreign victims being trafficked in all regions of the world except Western and Central Europe, the Middle East, and certain East Asian countries.
  • Victims of sex trafficking were more likely to be trafficked across borders while victims of forced labour were typically exploited within their own countries.
  • The report stresses on the implementation of the Palermo Protocol. The countries need building legal frameworks to prosecute traffickers and provide care for survivors.

Palermo protocols:

  • The Palermo protocols are three protocols that were adopted by the United Nations to supplement the 2000 Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (the Palermo Convention). These are:
  • The protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children.
  • The protocol against the smuggling of migrants by land, sea and air.
  • The protocol against the illicit manufacturing and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition.
  • These protocols and convention fall within the jurisdiction of the United Nations office on drugs and crime.

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palermo_protocols

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/human-trafficking-within-borders-especially-challenging-issue-us-report/article28093804.ece

https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/global-report-on-trafficking-in-persons.html