Name of Resource | Resolution 2331 (2016) Maintenance of international peace and security |
Type | International legislation / policy |
Country / jurisdiction | Global |
Organization | United Nations Security Council |
Initiative launch date | 20 December 2016 |
Description | The resolution condemns, in the strongest terms, all instances of human trafficking in areas affected by armed conflict. The resolution condemned the sale of, or trade in, persons seized by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh), including Yazidis and persons belonging to religious and ethnic minorities, as well as trafficking in persons by Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab, the Lord’s Resistance Army and other groups for purposes of sexual slavery, and exploitation and forced labour. It stressed that human trafficking contributed to other forms of transnational organized crime, which could exacerbate conflict and foster insecurity and instability. United Nations agencies are recommended at Point 24 of the Resolution to mitigate the risk of contributing to trafficking in persons in armed conflict through procurement and supply chains. |
Availability | ENG: https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/RES/2331(2016) |
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Name of Resource | Resolution 2388 (2017) Maintenance of international peace and security – trafficking in persons |
Type | International legislation / policy |
Country / jurisdiction | Global |
Organization | United Nations Security Council |
Initiative launch date | 21 November 2017 |
Description | The resolution reaffirmed the condemnation, in the strongest terms, of all instances of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, who made up the vast majority of all trafficking victims in areas affected by armed conflict. The resolution also gives greater consideration to how peacekeeping and political missions could help host states in combatting human trafficking. It also requested that the UN Secretary General ensure the inclusion of trafficking in assessments of country situations and in the training of mission personnel, which would help in identifying, confirming, responding and reporting on situations of trafficking. The resolution calls upon United Nations system organizations to enhance transparency in their procurement and supply chains and step up their efforts to strengthen protections against trafficking in persons in all United Nations procurement and to that effect, request major suppliers to establish and implement anti-human trafficking policies and disclose information on measures taken to counter trafficking in persons in their operations and supply chains. |
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