The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is the U.S. Government's principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on humantrafficking. It is also the world's most comprehensive resource of governmental anti-human trafficking efforts and reflects the U.S.Government's commitment to global leadership on this key human rights and law enforcement issue. It represents an updated, global look at the nature and scope of trafficking in persons and the broad range of government actions to confront and eliminate it. The U.S. Government uses the TIP Report to engage foreign governments in dialogues to advance anti-trafficking reforms and to combat trafficking and to target resources on prevention, protection and prosecution programs. Worldwide, the report is used by international organizations, foreign governments, and nongovernmental organizations alike as a tool to examine whereresources are most needed. Freeing victims, preventing trafficking, and bringing traffickers to justice are the ultimate goals of the report and of the U.S Government's anti-human trafficking policy.
In the TIP Report, the Department of State places each country onto one of three tiers based on the extent of their governments' efforts to comply with the "minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking" found in Section 108 of the TVPA.
"The 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report includes more than 180 narratives that assess governments on their efforts to combattrafficking in persons. In keeping with the language and values of the UN Trafficking Protocol, which seek to guarantee prevention,prosecution, and protection for the maximum number of victims, the United States defines trafficking in persons to include all of theconduct involved in forced labor as well as the trafficking of adults and children for commercial sexual exploitation".- Secretary Clinton
The report is available in HTML format and in PDF format. Due to its large size, the PDF has been separated into sections for easierdownload: Introductory Material [also available in Arabic | Chinese | French | Persian | Russian | Spanish]; Country Narratives: A-C, D-I, J-M, N-S, T-Z/Special Cases; Relevant International Conventions and Closing Material. To view the PDF file, you will need to download, at no cost, the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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