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Human rights

Fundamental and universal rights and freedoms to which all human beings are entitled. They consist of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights that States are obliged to fully respect according to common standards ratified by national and international legislation.

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individual assistance plan (IAP)

Human rights; Human Trafficking

It is a written agreement jointly developed by the case manager and the assisted trafficked person where goals, activities and services – tailored to the individual’s needs – are ...

informed consent

Human rights; Human Trafficking

Any free, voluntary permission or approval to something proposed or requested based on full exposure to all facts; fully informed decisions-making, including awareness of any ...

internal trafficking

Human rights; Human Trafficking

Cases of trafficking in human beings in which the trafficked person is recruited or moved within their own country, rather than across international borders. In more complicated ...

labour-related trafficking

Human rights; Human Trafficking

Trafficking for the purpose of exploitation of a person’s labour or services in forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, or servitude, according to the ...

law enforcementofficial

Human rights; Human Trafficking

Police officers or other officials responsible for enforcing the law.

loverboy

Human rights; Human Trafficking

The term is usually used to refer to young men who use seduction techniques to charm vulnerable young girls with theultimate aim of getting thise girls to work for them in ...

migrant worker

Human rights; Human Trafficking

It refers to ‘a person who is to be engaged, is engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a State of which he or she is not a national’ (art. 2.1).