As required under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, the U.S. Secretary of State submits an annual Trafficking in Persons Report to Congress. The 2006 Report, released 5 June, includes essays, country reports, and information on signatories to relevant international conventions. Previous reports are available online since 2001.
Other recent information resources relating to human trafficking include:
Falling Short of the Mark: An International Study on the Treatment of Human Trafficking Victims (March 2006) [text]
- From the Future Group.
Forced Migration Review, no. 25 (May 2006) [text]
- Special issue on "People trafficking: upholding rights & understanding vulnerabilities."
Guidelines on International Protection: The application of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees to victims of trafficking and persons at risk of being trafficked (7 April 2006) [text]
- From UNHCR.
Trafficking in Persons: Global Patterns (April 2006) [text]
- From the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
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