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Human trafficking
The buying and selling of human beings for profit. Human trafficking is an extremely serious crime and a gross violation of human rights, which can be classified as a modern form of slavery. The goal of this section is to raise awareness of the problem and to show what is being done at EU-level and in the Member States to fight this injustice, to promote exchange of ideas and cooperation between all organisations, and to help people involved in the fight against trafficking in human beings and the protection of victims.
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Human trafficking
adolescent
Human rights; Human Trafficking
Young person aged 10 to 18 years. The term is used to refer to children who have reached puberty but are still under 18.
arranged marriage
Human rights; Human Trafficking
A union, orchestrated by a third party, in which both spouses give free and full consent.
assistance
Human rights; Human Trafficking
Measures, programmes and services aimed at the recovery of trafficked persons that might include, but are not limited to, appropriate housing; medical, psychological and material assistance; ...
assisted victim of trafficking
Human rights; Human Trafficking
A person who has been identified as a victim of trafficking and who has agreed to accept assistance from a nongovernmental, governmental, international or other relevant organisation (also referred ...
best interests assessment
Human rights; Human Trafficking
It “is an assessment made by staff taking action with regard to individual children, except when a best interest determination (see supra) procedure is required, designed to ensure that such action ...
best interests determination
Human rights; Human Trafficking
It “describes the formal process with strict procedural safeguards designed to determine the child’s best interests for particularly important decisions affecting the child. It should facilitate ...
boy child
Human rights; Human Trafficking
The term refers to children under age of 18 only, not to young adult men. The word child is used in accordance with the definition contained in Article 1 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the ...
