Human trafficking

Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation.^[1]

For the television show, see Human Trafficking (miniseries).

Human trafficking can occur within a country or trans-nationally. It is distinct from people smuggling, which is characterized by the consent of the person being smuggled.

Human trafficking is condemned as a violation of human rights by international conventions, but legal protection varies globally. The practice has millions of victims around the world.

the recruiter

the transporter

the medical staff

the middlemen/contractors

the buyers

entered into force in 1957

Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery

Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children

Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air

Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography

ILO Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)

ILO Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)

ILO Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)

ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)

Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors

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