STOP THE TRAFFIK CALLS ON ALL GOVERNMENTS TO:
Prevent the Sale of People,
Prosecute the
Traffickers, and
Protect the Victims.
We commend the Australian Government
for the steps it has already taken to achieve these goals.
In addition we call on the
Australian Government to:
1.
Urge and support all countries in the Asia-Pacific region
becoming parties to, and effectively implementing, the following international
treaties that deal with people trafficking and exploited child labour:
- The Optional Protocol to the UN
Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and
Child Pornography;
- The Protocol to Prevent,
Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children,
supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime; and
- ILO Convention No. 182 on
the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour
2. Support multilateral
programs to deal with exploited child labour and people trafficking within the
Asia-Pacific region including:
- An annual contribution of
US$2.1 million to the International Program for the Elimination of Child labour
(IPEC);
- The Coordinated Mekong
Ministerial Initiative against Trafficking (COMMIT) program to tackle
trafficking in the Mekong region; and
3. Enhance its response to
the needs and causes of women being trafficked into Australia and improve access to
visas and support service for victims including:
Granting a temporary visa
for three months to all suspected trafficked victims;
Providing support services
to people who have been trafficked to Australia on the basis of need,
rather than their usefulness as a witness in any prosecution of the
traffickers;
Allow victims of
trafficking and slavery in Australia
equal access to victims compensation;
Ease the ability of the
victims of trafficking to testify in court proceedings against traffickers, similar
to those available to victims of sexual assault; and
Improve community
awareness about identification of victims of trafficking and slavery.
4. Increase support for poverty alleviation programs by
increasing overseas aid to 0.7% of Gross National Income by 2015, to address
poverty as a factor in facilitating people trafficking.
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