With organization such as UNICEF, UNICEFUSA, The International Labour Organization, United Nations, and The United States Department of State working together we can stop human trafficking. Already activist are launching campaigns to hold governments and companies accountable for human trafficking. The previously mentioned organizations are working with governments around the world to develop laws to bring offenders of human trafficking to justice. The U.S. Department of States Trafficking in Persons Report 2014 shows that there were approximately 9,460 trafficking-related prosecutions and 5,775 trafficking-related convictions during 2013. Of those, 1,199 prosecutions and 470 convictions involved labor trafficking.
The key aspects in the prevention of human trafficking are Prevention, Protection, and Prosecution.
Prevention should consist of working with communities to change norms and practices that exacerbate children's vulnerabilities to trafficking. Helping to provide a living wage for parents so that their children do not have to work is one of the ways to decrease the risk of trafficking. Supporting the training of professional working with children, including social workers, health care workers and police and border officials to help stop trafficking.
Protection begins with proper victim identification, then legal processes must be put in place for removing children from trafficking situations. Victims need to be placed in a safe environment, providing them with social services, health care, psychosocial support, and reintegration with family and community. The most important point is to avoid double victimization, to ensure that this children or any other victims are not treated as criminals.
Prosecution starts with lobbying governments and other partners to develop laws and strengthen child protection systems to prevent and respond to violence and abuse. Providing education to law enforcement services will increase awareness of trafficking. The key in the prevention of human trafficking is legislative reform, and establishing minimum labor standards.
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