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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
forced labour or services
Human rights; Human Trafficking
Any work or service that is executed from any person under the threat of any penalty and for which the person concerned has not offered him - or herself voluntarily.
forced labour
Human rights; Human Trafficking
‘Forced or compulsory labour shall mean all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily’ (Art. ...
forced or servile marriage
Human rights; Human Trafficking
The term refers to any institution or practice in which a woman or a child without the right to refuse is promised or given in marriage on payment of a consideration in money or in kind to her ...
Framework Decision of 19 July 2002
Human rights; Human Trafficking
The EU Council Framework Decision of 19 July 2002 on combating trafficking in human beings (Official Journal of the European Communities Official Journal L 203, pages 1 to 4, 1 August 2002.).
girls
Human rights; Human Trafficking
The term refers to children under age of 18 only, not to young adult women.
guardian
Human rights; Human Trafficking
The individual who acquires the primary responsibility for the wellbeing of the child and co-ordinates the efforts of all involved agencies to ensure the best interests of the child. This individual ...
practices similar to slavery
Human rights; Human Trafficking
The term means the economic exploitation of another person on the basis of an actual relationship of dependency or coercion, in combiantion with a serious and far-reaching deprivation of fundamental ...
