Office of the High Commissioner for Human Trafficking, Recommended Principles on Human Rights and Human Trafficking

Abstract

Trafficking in human persons is a particularly abusive form of migration. In the Millennium Declaration, States resolved to take measures to ensure respect for the protection of the rights of migrants and to intensify their efforts to fight trafficking. The Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking, which are included as an addendum to my report to the Economic and Social Council (E/2002/68/Add.1), have been developed in order to provide practical, rights-based policy guidance on the prevention of trafficking and the protection of victims of trafficking. Their purpose is to promote and facilitate the integration of a human rights perspective into national, regional and international anti-trafficking laws, policies and interventions. The Principles and Guidelines serve as a framework and reference point for the work of OHCHR on this issue. I encourage States and intergovernmental organizations to make use of the Principles and Guidelines in their own efforts to prevent trafficking and to protect the rights of trafficked persons. Mary Robinson High Commissioner for Human Rights