E 2551 2008 contains certain provisions on the measures in prevention and suppression of trafficking in women and children. They are also relevant to fight the human trafficking problems. Legal remedies for victims of internal sex trafficking in myanmar. Busayapa srisompong human rights lawyer and founder. Evidential issues in trafficking in persons cases case digest. Working in and across the six countries of the gms, etip is the largest anti trafficking programme of its kind, and comprises three pillar projects.
It calls for the implementation of the united nations protocol to prevent, suppress, and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children hereafter, protocol, supplementing the united nations convention. Before enacted this law, there are 10 legislations in place already. Antitrafficking in per sons act of 2003 1 an act to institute policies to eliminate trafficking in persons especially women and children, establishing the necessary institutional mechanisms for the protection and support of trafficked persons, providing penalties for. Myanmar among worst places for human trafficking, us. World visions end trafficking in persons etip programme, a regional anti trafficking programme is being implemented from, october 2011 to september 2016. Antitrafficking revised law to be instituted global new light of. This law regulates how myanmar combats trafficking. The government of myanmar reported some progress in law enforcement efforts against crossborder sex trafficking during the reporting period. Human trafficking takes on various forms within myanmar, including forced labor, the use of child soldiers for the myanmar government, and sex trafficking and prostitution. The anti trafficking in persons law was established in myanmar in 2005 and myanmar was the first country in the mekong region to pass a comprehensive anti human trafficking law in line with international standards. It was also one of the first countries to establish a specialist. His meticulous efforts to socialize zimbabwes 2014 anti trafficking law with community leaders and law enforcement officials and organize trainings and. Trafficking in persons is often linked to organized crime, and profit s from trafficking ent erprises help fuel other i l legal act1v1ty. Trafficking in persons from cambodia, lao pdr and myanmar to.
This law shall have jurisdiction on any person who commits any offence. The 7th anti trafficking in persons day was held at the thingaha hotel in nay pyi taw yesterday. Significant levels of corruption also contributes to the trafficking situation in myanmar, creating further difficulties for anti trafficking actors in the region. The proposed rule changes exceed current state and federal law disclosure requirements with regard to human trafficking.
Myanmar prohibits sex and labor trafficking through its 2005 anti trafficking in persons law, which prescribes criminal penalties that are sufficiently stringent and commensurate with those prescribed for. Antitrafficking revised law to be instituted global new. At the district level, the state government will appoint anti trafficking police officers and constitute anti trafficking units for one or more districts to rescue persons and investigate offences. Antitrafficking in per sons and anti smuggling of migrants act 2007 arrangement of sections pa rt i preliminary section 1. In 2005, myanmar enacted the anti trafficking in persons law, which outlines penalties of between five years and life in prison. The growth of vase t r ansnational criminal networks supported in part by trafficking i n persons fosters official corruption and threatens the rule of law. Vice president u henry van thio delivered a speech at the ceremony, saying that trafficking in persons was. Human trafficking in mya nmar despite recent governmental actions to curb modern day slavery in myanmar, human trafficking remains a common practice throughout the country. Altogether 25 people including seven children were victimized while 54 traffickers were charged in connection with 15 human trafficking cases in september alone. Countertrafficking in persons act kenya law reports. Whereas it is expedient to revise the law on the measures in prevention and suppression of. Myanmar anti trafficking in persons law english free download as word doc.
Myanmar prohibits sex and labor trafficking through its 2005 antitrafficking in persons law, which prescribes criminal penalties that are. Fraudulent recruitment agencies and criminal gangs are active perpetrators in the trafficking of myanmar nationals, and many victims are sold into exploitative situations by their. I advise the anti human trafficking network on vot victims of trafficking case consultation, including the thai myanmar bilateral meeting on border cooperation on anti trafficking in persons bcatip mechanism to communicate with crossborder counterparts on case assistance and referral system. Laws on human trafficking in india child trafficking defined as the procurement, recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, legally or illegally, within or across borders, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of giving or receiving payments. Human trafficking is one of the most tragic human rights issues of our time. United nations office on drugs and crime vienna evidential issues in trafficking in persons cases case digest united nations.
Anti human trafficking taskforce selfevaluates the taskforce will try to find the weakness in the preventive measures we take for suppressing human trafficking, police lieutenant colonel thet naung said at an anti human trafficking day ceremony in nay pyi taw on september. Myanmar laws definition of human trafficking derives from the. Asianlii databases myanmar laws anti trafficking in persons law state peace and development council law no 52005. Growing awareness while myanmar s former military regime adopted an anti human trafficking law in 2005, anti human trafficking dayinternationally recognized on sept. This law shall be called the anti trafficking in persons law. An act to provide for the prohibition of trafficking in persons, creation of offences, prosecution and punishment of offenders, prevention of the vice of trafficking in persons, protection of victims of trafficking in persons, and other related matters. It is also hoped that criminal law and other practitioners may be able to learn from the actual cases which are presented, both by understanding that they. Republic act no 9208 antitrafficking in persons act. Usaid has supported counter trafficking in persons ctip programs in over 81 countries and regions since 2001. Within the united states, the trafficking victims protection act of 2000, as amended, provides the tools to combat trafficking in persons both worldwide and domestically. Can myanmars libraries help combat human trafficking.
It splinters families, distorts global markets, undermines the rule of law, and spurs oth. Anti trafficking in persons law state peace and development. Myanmar is a source country for men, women, and children who are subjected to human. The union of myanmar the state peace and development council the anti trafficking in persons law. Myanmar observes 7th antitrafficking in persons day. Myanmar s government has undertaken a number of initiatives to combat human trafficking. Trafficking in children into the worst forms of child labour. International and domestic law united states department.
The act authorized the establishment of the state departments tip office and the presidents interagency task force to monitor and combat trafficking in persons to assist in the coordination of. The 2019 trafficking in persons report is available in pdf and html formats. The work on the unodc model law agains t trafficking in persons has been carried out by the organized crime and criminal justice section of the division for treaty affairs in cooperation with the anti human trafficking and migrant smuggling unit of the division for operations and the statistics and surveys. The antitrafficking in persons revised law is expected to be. Across myanmar people are on the move, both inside the.
Cambodia, lao pdr and myanmar, are the main pull factors that draw migrant workers to thailand. Myanmar antitrafficking in persons law english human. Prevailing law part ii council for antitrafficking in per sons and anti smuggling of migrants 6. The amended law has been submitted to hluttaw and it is likely to be approved in early 2018, he said. Being the 63rd year of the present reign his majesty king bhumibol adulyadej is graciously pleased to proclaim that. The 2005 anti trafficking in persons law criminalizes all forms of sex and labor trafficking using definitions that are generally consistent with international law. The anti trafficking in persons law was enacted in myanmar on in september 2005. The preaward compliance certification, which applies to any portion of a. Trafficking in persons law24 hereafter atip law in which acts of human trafficking.
Where do trafficked persons come from and how are they exploited. This law shall have jurisdiction on any person who commits any offence cognizable under this law in the union of myanmar, or on board a vessel or an aircraft registered under the existing law of the. Tackling human traffickingin the greater mekong subregion. Under myanmar s 2005 anti trafficking in persons law, people who smuggle women and children were sentenced to at least 10 years or up to lifetime sentence or fine. Myanmar pledges to tackle human trafficking through. Noting that myanmar passed an anti trafficking in persons law in september 2005 that covers sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery, servitude and debt bondage, the release said during the year, the government prosecuted 426 traffickers in 203 cases under the new law and identified 844 victims. The pdf is available as a complete onepiece file and as individual sections for easier download.
This issue of myanmar laws contains six myanmar laws including the. Celebration of this event was started in 20 although myanmar enacted the anti trafficking in persons law on th september 2005. The union of myanmar the state peace and development. Commentary on cambodia anti trafficking law article 1 this article explains the general objective of this law. Directorategeneral for development and cooperation europeaid migration and home affairs study on case law relating to trafficking in human beings for labour exploitation. In 2004, myanmar signed the united nations convention against transnational organized crime and protocol to prevent, suppress, and punish trafficking in persons palermo protocol, and in 2005, it enacted the anti trafficking in persons law, which. The anti trafficking in persons law is myanmar s domestic law addressing trafficking in persons september 2005. United nations interagency project on human trafficking. Rescued persons will be produced before a magistrate or child welfare committee in case of child victims. Trafficking in persons law, enacted in september 2005, provides specific legal protections for victims of trafficking, including immunity from. The anti trafficking in persons revised law is expected to be approved by parliament in early 2018, said u khin maung kywel, police superintendent of the anti human trafficking police force. This law shall have jurisdiction on any person who commits any offence cognizable under this law in the union of myanmar, or on board a vessel or an aircraft registered under the existing law of the union of myanmar, or on a myanmar citizen or foreigner residing permanently in the. Myanmar has joined china, syria and south sudan as being among the countries doing least to tackle human trafficking, according to the us state departments latest annual trafficking in persons.
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