Implementing Agency: NEXUS Institute Geographic Scope: Sierra Leone Years: 2004-2005 Project Summary: This study was commissioned by the UNICEF office in Sierra Leone in response to an increased awareness of trafficking as an issue in the country and as a child protection issue. The specific focus of this assessment was child trafficking and had three primary objectives: […]
At Home: Family Reintegration of Trafficked Indonesian Men (2018) Large numbers of Indonesian men migrate each year for work in construction, in factories and in agriculture, on plantations and on fishing boats. Many of them end up exploited in ways that constitute human trafficking, suffering violence, deprivation, restricted freedom and severe exploitation as well as […]
Better Analysis, Better Programs: Evidence-Based Interventions in Combating Human Trafficking Implementing Agencies: NEXUS Institute and IOM Geographic Scope: Global (with specific studies conducted in Cambodia, South Africa, Belarus and Ukraine) Years: 2008-2014 Project Summary: For victims to be protected, traffickers to be prosecuted and trafficking to be prevented, an understanding of the phenomenon of trafficking, in all its forms […]
Trafficking Victim Identification: A Practitioner Guide (2021) Available in Bahasa Indonesian Available in Malaysian Available in Vietnamese Available in Thai Victim identification is the process by which an individual is identified as a trafficking victim, which, in turn, entitles them to rights and protections. While formal identification should lead to and facilitate the opportunity for […]
Trafficking Victim Protection Frameworks in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam: A Resource for Practitioners (2020) Victim protection – the identification, referral, assistance, and reintegration of trafficking victims – is a core component of a comprehensive response to trafficking in persons. Protection offers critical interventions to end trafficking exploitation as well as to […]
Protecting the Unassisted and Underserved: Longitudinal Evidence-Based Research on Assistance and Reintegration Implementing Agency: NEXUS Institute Geographic Scope: Indonesia (West Java and Jakarta) Years: 2013-2019 Project Summary: Well-designed assistance and reintegration programs can assist trafficking victims to better manage and cope with the challenges of returning home and moving on with their lives after trafficking. However, NEXUS’ research has […]
Special and Additional Measures for Victim-Witnesses: A Practitioner Guide (2023) Victims of trafficking are entitled to be involved and have their views known in any legal case concerning them. Victims should be encouraged, but not compelled, to participate in the prosecution of their exploiters. Before, during and after their involvement in the criminal justice process, […]
Supporting children of trafficking victims. A reintegration guide for practitioners (2022) Available in Albanian To date, little attention has been paid to the reintegration of children of trafficking victims. These children – those who were left behind, those who were trafficked with their parent(s) and those born from a trafficking situation – face serious and […]
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