CIFAL Jeju- Workshop on Human Trafficking
Since 2002, the Bali Process has effectively raised regional awareness of the consequences of people smuggling, trafficking in persons and related transnational crimes, and has developed and implemented strategies and practical cooperation in response. This voluntary forum includes 45 participating countries, as well as IOM, UNHCR, UNODC and ILO. The core objectives of the Bali Process are to combat people smuggling and trafficking in persons by developing more effective cooperation and information sharing between Bali Process members and other relevant organizations; to raise public awareness and educate vulnerable populations about the crime of people smuggling and trafficking in persons; to build capacity across Member States and facilitate the sharing and implementation of best practices; and to advance the Bali Process Regional Cooperation Framework (RCF) as a means of adopting a comprehensive and holistic approach towards combating people smuggling and trafficking in persons.
CIFAL, in affiliation with UNITAR, has become a knowledge hub and platform for promoting city-to-city cooperation. Through this approach, CIFAL directs its capacity building efforts towards local actors. CIFAL Jeju / Jeju International Training Center (JITC) focuses on the thematic area of social inclusion, especially with regard to human trafficking issues which impact the capability of human beings to drive their own lives and decide their own futures. Cities in the Asia-Pacific region can substantially improve the situation by focusing and sharing experiences on the prevention of trafficking, prosecution of traffickers and the protection and reintegration of victims of trafficking. Therefore, this training aims at strengthening the role of concerned authorities and actors in the Asia-Pacific region to better identify and protect victims of trafficking.
The workshop is aimed at:
- Demonstrating the linkages between human security and the Victim-Centered Approach to addressing trafficking in persons, especially in the Asia-Pacific region;
- Exchanging of good practices in identifying, assisting, and protecting victims of trafficking;
- Explaining complexity of the prosecution of the Human Trafficking cases
- Analyzing how various anti-trafficking legal instruments, strategies, policies and frameworks can be adapted for implementation
- Highlighting improvement of the inter-agency/multi-stakeholders coordination process; and
- Promoting information sharing and exchange within the countries and across the borders to fight against trafficking
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Understand the basic concepts related to trafficking in persons and the difference between human trafficking and human smuggling, forced labour and other related exploitation;
- Comprehend the current dynamics or trend of human trafficking across the global and in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Have increased level of awareness on of human security and human trafficking, especially relating to women, children, and refuges in the region;
- Understand the nexus between human trafficking and forced labour;
- Have better understanding about the role of Regional Consultative Processes in combating human trafficking.
- Identify key challenges in addressing human trafficking across the region;
- Identify best practices and lessons learned to address human trafficking and, as well as policy measures to be undertaken for enhancing human security at different levels;
- Apply presented tools and methods in their own work places;
- Apply UNITAR-developed CityShare methodology to rate and compare each other’s anti- trafficking policies, and make specific action plans for local implementation and follow-up on lessons learned (via city-to-city cooperation, awareness raising activities, inter-governmental coordination, and other practical implementation examples); and
- Build professional networks, exchange information and knowledge among the participants.
The workshop is comprised of the following sessions:
- Module 1: Introducing the concepts and current trends in trafficking in persons
- Module 2: Victims of Trafficking and refugees
- Module 3: Global approach to addressing trafficking in persons
- Module 4: Providing assistance to refugees and victims of trafficking
- Module 5: Prosecution
- Module 6: Protection
- Module 7: Prevention
- Module 8: Regional Cooperation
- Module 9: CityShare Methodology
The methodology used in the workshop includes:
- Lectures and presentations by experts
- Practical exercises and group discussion
- UNITAR CityShare Methodology
- Action plan presentation
- Study visit
This training activity is open to government officials and relevant personnel from NGOs, Civil Societies and institutions of the selected countries who directly work with the victims of trafficking in the Asia Pacific region.