PROTOCOL TO PREVENT, SUPPRESS AND PUNISH TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, SUPPLEMENTING THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME — Rwanda law | Esheria

PROTOCOL TO PREVENT, SUPPRESS AND PUNISH TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, SUPPLEMENTING THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME

This article says the Protocol supplements and should be read with the UN Convention, and it requires States Parties to take measures against trafficking and the factors that enable it.

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Jurisdiction
Rwanda
Instrument
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Status
In force
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Language
mul
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This article says the Protocol supplements and should be read with the UN Convention, and it requires States Parties to take measures against trafficking and the factors that enable it. This article states that the Protocol aims to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, protect and assist victims, and promote cooperation among States Parties. This article defines key terms used in the Protocol, including trafficking in persons, exploitation, and child. This article says the Protocol applies to preventing, investigating, and prosecuting certain offences, and to protecting victims, unless the text says otherwise. States Parties must criminalize the listed conduct, including attempts, accomplice participation, and organizing or directing others, and commercial carriers must check that passengers have the travel documents needed to enter the receiving State.