Summary
"The report has three parts. The first part discusses the legal and sociological context required to understand human trafficking issues as they relate to prevention and victim services. In this regard, the Trafficking Protocol to the Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime, the first internationally agreed upon definition of trafficking in persons, frames the discussion. The report outlines Canada's laws against human trafficking: section 279.01 of the Criminal Code, passed in 2005, and section 118 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, passed in 2002. Canada's existing human trafficking coordination bodies and victims services at the federal, provincial and territorial levels are briefly canvassed. The second section explores promising practices in human trafficking prevention and victim services while the third offers brief conclusions and recommendations on the practices presented."--Page i.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 1.1. Context -- 1.2. Canada's existing protection framework -- 1.3. The victims -- 2. Five promising practices -- 2.1. Promising practice one : build a comprehensive anti-trafficking structure --2.2. Promising practice two : promote women's equality -- 2.3. Promising practice three : enhance labour monitoring -- 2.4. Promising practice four : support effective non-governmental human trafficking victim service providers -- 2.5. Promising practice five : work with Aboriginal communities on human trafficking prevention -- 3. Conclusion and recommendations.