Anti-Trafficking in Persons Project [through United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]

This project will strengthen the technical and legal capacity of the drafting national authorities of SADC Member States in the ratification and domestication of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children. The focus will be on harmonizing relevant legislation across the region to ensure more effective cooperation.

The activities to be conducted are: (1) carrying out in-depth national legal assessments in each country; (2) providing regular legal advice for law commissions/drafting commissions in at least eight SADC Member States; (3) supporting the establishment and capacity-building of specialized national institutional units which will serve as authorities in charge of international cooperation issues; (4) supporting the drafting of national policy, such as national action programs against TIP in at least eight SADC Member States; and (5) developing training tools, such as manuals for police, prosecutors, and judges, to assist them in applying the newly adopted legislation.