Landmark anti-trafficking treaty has done too little for victims: rights group

By Katie Nguyen LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Victims of trafficking have seen little benefit in the 15 years since a global treaty to combat human trafficking was adopted, and some nations have passed laws or policies that do more harm than good, a rights group said on Wednesday. To date, 166 countries have ratified the 2000 U.N. protocol designed to prevent trafficking, protect victims and prosecute offenders involved in the multi-billion dollar trade. "The Trafficking Protocol may represent an important moment in global anti-trafficking work, however 15 years of legislation and programing have not done enough to protect the human rights of trafficked people," said Bandana Pattanaik, international coordinator of the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), a network of 120 groups. "Rather, governments have sought to protect their borders and criminalize sex work in the name of ending trafficking and to the detriment of migrant workers and people who have been trafficked," she said in a statement.



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