Human Rights Education

Human trafficking takes many different forms. It is dynamic and adaptable and, like
many other forms of criminal activity, it is constantly changing in order to defeat
efforts by law enforcement to prevent it. The responses to the problems are also rapidly
evolving, in particular since an internationally agreed upon definition was adopted
by the United Nations in November 2000. We learn daily about new ways of preventing,
investigating and controlling the crime of trafficking and about more effective
ways of protecting and assisting the victims of this crime. International cooperation,
which is so crucial to the success of most interventions against human trafficking, is
gaining a new momentum and new cooperation mechanisms are being developed.
The present Toolkit was prepared because there is still much to be learned about
what works best to prevent and combat human trafficking under various circumstances.
It presents a selection of conceptual, legislative and organizational tools in
use in different parts of the world.

Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons