Implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons

E/RES/2021/25View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 19c Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2021.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2013–2021

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2021	E/RES/2021/25	Implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons	2,408	45%Compare
2017	E/RES/2017/18	Implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons	1,882	47%Compare
2015	E/RES/2015/23	Implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons	1,304	20%Compare
2013	E/RES/2013/41	Implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons	1,434	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Crime Prevention Technical Cooperation Trafficking in Persons

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Urges Member States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding to, as a matter of priority, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, taking into consideration the important role of those instruments in the fight against trafficking in persons, and also urges States parties to make full and effective use of those instruments;

Encourages States parties to the Trafficking in Persons Protocol, in the context of the appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, to consider measures in support of the full and effective use of the Protocol;

Urges Member States and other stakeholders mentioned in the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, and invites the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and other relevant subregional, regional and international organizations, within their respective mandates, to continue to contribute to the full and effective use of the Global Plan of Action, including by means of strengthening cooperation and improving coordination among themselves in achieving that goal;

Invites Member States to address the social, economic, cultural, political and other factors that make people vulnerable to trafficking in persons;

Invites all Member States, relevant agencies of the United Nations system and other international organizations, as well as civil society, to continue to actively observe the annual World Day against Trafficking in Persons;

Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue, in close cooperation and collaboration with Member States, to collect, in a balanced, reliable and comprehensive manner, information on patterns, forms and flows of trafficking in persons at the national, regional and international levels for use in the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons and to share best practices and lessons learned from the various initiatives and mechanisms;

Also requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, within its mandate, to continue to integrate the Global Plan of Action into its programmes and activities and continue to provide, at the national and regional levels, technical assistance to countries, upon their request, aimed at strengthening their ability to ensure the full and effective use of the Global Plan of Action;

Encourages Member States to make every possible effort to improve the exchange of information in the context of the Global Plan of Action and to consider developing standard operating procedures to allow law enforcement, immigration or other relevant authorities of Member States, as appropriate, to promptly send official information about identified victims to the destination countries, countries of origin and transit countries, including information on the acts and means used for the purpose of trafficking in persons, in order to initiate a joint investigation, in accordance with national law;

Invites the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and other relevant agencies of the United Nations system, within the framework of the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons, to continue to increase the activities of the Group related to the implementation of the Global Plan of Action;

Invites Member States, in the context of the appraisal of the Global Plan of Action, to consider developing and implementing national policies, in line and in accordance with their domestic laws, to prevent trafficking in persons in government procurement and global supply chains, and to consider, where appropriate, promoting partnerships and engagement of the business community and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, in developing and implementing sustainable initiatives to prevent and combat trafficking in persons in supply chains, bearing in mind the primary role and responsibility of Member States in that regard;

Requests the relevant agencies of the United Nations system to ensure that United Nations procurement is free from trafficking in persons;

Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in its capacity as fund manager of the United Nations voluntary trust fund for victims of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, to continue to encourage contributions by States and all other relevant stakeholders to the trust fund;

Invites Member States and other donors to provide extrabudgetary resources for the purposes described above, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the United Nations;

Recalls the request made to the Secretary-General by the General Assembly in its resolution 64/293 to include, within existing reporting obligations to the Assembly under the item on crime prevention and criminal justice, a section on the implementation by the United Nations system of the Global Plan of Action.

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