Action against trafficking in human beings: promoting the Council of Europe convention
Recommendation 1895
(2010)
Author(s):
Parliamentary Assembly
Origin
Assembly
debate on 26 January 2010 (4th Sitting) (see Doc. 12096, report
of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men, rapporteur:
Mrs Wurm; and Doc. 12134,
opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur:
Mr Prescott). Text adopted by the Assembly on
26 January 2010 (4th Sitting).
Thesaurus
1. The Parliamentary Assembly refers
to its Resolution 1702
(2010) on action against trafficking in human beings:
promoting the Council of Europe convention, noting the primacy and
relevance of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against
Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS No. 197), an instrument aimed
at ensuring effective prevention of trafficking, prosecuting traffickers
and protecting victims. It stresses the primary role of the monitoring
mechanism laid down in the convention, particularly the Group of
Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA).
2. The Assembly asks the Committee of Ministers to:
2.1 step up its co-operation with
the European Union, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe and the United Nations, while taking care to uphold the primacy
of the Council of Europe convention in this field;
2.2 ensure that the Council of Europe’s standards in terms
of combating trafficking in human beings are uniformly applied throughout
Europe and used as a reference for all international instruments currently
being developed in the field of action against trafficking in human
beings;
2.3 ensure that there is effective co-operation between these
organisations in the field of action against trafficking:
2.3.1 by enhancing dialogue between them;
2.3.2 by taking care to avoid all risk of duplication between
the different monitoring mechanisms, taking due account of the primacy
of GRETA;
2.3.3 by co-operating effectively with GRETA.
3. It invites the Committee of Ministers to:
3.1 promote the widest possible
signature and ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Action
against Trafficking in Human Beings, including by the European Union,
and explicitly to ask the member states of the Council of Europe
which have not yet done so to sign and/or ratify it;
3.2 hold regular exchanges of views with the committee of
parties to the convention and GRETA;
3.3 provide GRETA with the requisite staffing and financial
resources to ensure its effective functioning;
3.4 encourage member states to sign and ratify the Protocol
to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially
Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime, if they have not yet done so.
