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Law enforcement

The collective name for the efforts of enforcing and ensuring observance, obedience to the law.

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...