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Regional Law and Standards
last updated  November 22, 2003

The Council of Europe
The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, (ETS No. 5), entered into force 3 September 1953.

European Social Charter (ETS No. 35), entered into force 26 February 1965.

Committee of Ministers Recommendation No. R (91) 11 on Sexual Exploitation, Pornography and Prostitution of, and Trafficking in, Children and Young Adults, adopted 9 September 1991.

Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1325 (1997) on traffic in women and forced prostitution in Council of Europe member States, adopted 23 April 1997.

Committee of Ministers Recommendation No. R (2000) 11 of the on action against trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation, adopted 19 May 2000.

Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1526 (2001) on a campaign against trafficking in minors to put a stop to the east European route: the example of Moldova, adopted 27 June, 2001.

Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1545 (2002) on the campaign against trafficking in women, adopted 21 January 2002.

Parliamentary Assembly, Committee on Migration, Refugee and Demography, Report on Migration Connected with Trafficking in Women and Prostitution, released 19 May 2003.

Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1610 (2003) on migration connected with trafficking in women and prostitution, adopted 25 June 2003.

Ad Hoc Committee on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings, Action Undertaken by the Council of Europe in the Field of Trafficking in Human Beings, Information Document prepared by the Directorate General II-Human Rights and the Directorate General I-Legal Affairs, released 21 August 2003.

Division Equality between Women and Men, Directorate General of Human Rights-DGII, Fact Sheet on Trafficking in Human Beings for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation, Action Undertaken by the Council of Europe, Principles Underlying the Action, released September 2003.

Website Covering the Process of Drafting COE Trafficking Convention, Launched September 2003: www.coe.int/trafficking

The European Union
Council Joint Action to combat trafficking in human beings and sexual exploitation of children, 97/154/JHA, adopted 24 February 1997.

European Parliament Report on the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament 'For further actions in the fight against trafficking in women', A5-0127/2000, 2 May 2000.

Proposal for a Council Directive on the short-term residence permit issued to victims of action to facilitate illegal immigration or trafficking in human beings who cooperate with the competent authorities, COM(2002) 71 final, 11 February 2002.

Council Framework Decision on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, 2002/629/JHA, adopted 19 July 2002.

Brussels Declaration on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, European Conference on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings—Global Challenge for the 21st Century, 18-19 September 2002.

Commission Decision Setting Up a Consultative Group to be known as the Experts Group on Trafficking in Human Beings, 2003/209/EC, adopted 25 March 2003.

The European Union website includes a page with an overview of EU strategies and actions.  While the site does not include links to all EU resolutions on trafficking, it does include information about funding and work at the UN and Council of Europe levels.

The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) hosts a site on European Union documents related to trafficking and immigrant smuggling. 

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Document of the Moscow Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE, Moscow, 3 October 1991.

Ministerial Council Decision No. 1, Enhancing The OSCE's Efforts To Combat Trafficking In Human Beings (MC(8).DEC/1), 28 November 2000.

Ministerial Council Decision No. 6 (MC(9).DEC/6), 4 December 2001.

OSCE background paper Trafficking In Human Beings: Implications for the OSCE, (1999/3), September 1999.

The OSCE Reference Guide for Anti-Trafficking Legislative Review, Angelika Kartusch, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, Vienna, September 2001.

The anti-trafficking unit of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has a website which includes links to key documents that address anti-trafficking policy and initiatives. 

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