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Overview of the desk Review of Counter-
Trafficking Initiatives in IGAD and EAC Regions
December 2010
Introduction
• This desk review was conducted as part of AU/IOM project entitled ‘Stop Trafficking Now!’
• The project aims at contributing to member states’ efforts to combat human trafficking
• A review of counter-trafficking efforts undertaken by IGAD and EAC member states, as well as IGAD and EAC secretariats, and the African Union Commission.
Objectives
• The specific objectives of the assessment are to:– identify existing initiatives;– identify existing gaps and challenges; – compile an inventory of interventions;– a comprehensive analysis of efforts to allow
constructive discussions and identification of concrete actions
Methodology
• Desk review of relevant documents, laws, studies
• Questionnaire developed based on OAP• Visits to all member states of IGAD and EAC,
except Somalia
Initiatives to combat TIP
• Based on the OAP, initiatives are categorized into:– Prevention and awareness raising;– Victim protection and assistance;– Legislative framework, policy development and law
enforcement; and– Cooperation and coordination.
• Gaps• Recommendations based on OAP• The desk review does not assess the situation of TIP
in member states.
TIP in the region - 2010
Countries Country of origin
Country of transit
Country of destination
Burundi x xDjibouti x x xEthiopia xKenya x x xRwanda x xSomalia x xSudan x x xTanzania x x xUganda x x
Prevention and awareness raising
• A number of initiatives have been documented
• Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have programmes promoting the rights of children in general and protecting them from trafficking in particular
• Some sort of awareness raising and information campaigns against TIP are documented in most countries
Continued
• Rwanda is planning to conduct awareness raising and information campaigns
• Burundi has provided pre-deployment anti-trafficking training to Burundian peacekeepers
• Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania have programmes that create and enhance vocational training and livelihoods alternatives to vulnerable youth;
Recommendations to fight TIP include:
– ensuring education and training opportunities– providing viable employment and other livelihood
opportunities – improving the economic and living conditions of
families and extended families– Strengthening awareness raising and information
campaigns– Developing a system to collect and analyze data
on TIP– Conducting research on the situation of TIP
Forms of TIP
• Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda criminalize all forms of TIP
• Ethiopia criminalizes trafficking in women and children for forced labour and prostitution
• Sudan criminalizes sex trafficking, abduction, luring and forced labour
Law enforcement
• Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Uganda have a special unit within the police dealing with TIP
• Kenya has a special unit within Interpol
• In Ethiopia, MoFA, Federal Police, Prosecutor’s Office and Immigration Authority have established a direct channel of communication to share information for the investigation and prosecution of trafficking cases
• Djibouti-Ethiopia, and Djibouti-Yemen, have develop joint border control dealing with TIP
• Cooperation between Kenya and Ethiopia is underway
Training of law enforcement officials on how to deal with TIP
• Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda conducted training of law enforcement, immigration officials and judges
• Burundi and Rwanda are planning to conduct training of law enforcement and immigration officials supported by UNODC and IOM
Cooperation and coordination
A Regional Plan of Action to prevent and combat TIP in Eastern Africa is developed between IGAD and EAC member states within the framework of a project led by UNODC, Interpol Sub-Regional Bureau and the Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization.
Thank you!