Counter-Trafficking in Persons Policy

USAID launched a Counter-Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP) Policy to reinvigorate and further focus the agency’s C-TIP efforts. The policy emphasizes five key objectives:

Integration of C-TIP activities into broader development programs
Rigorous research on C-TIP programming through surveys and impact evaluations
Institutional accountability within USAID to combat trafficking
Investments in critical trafficking challenge countries
Increase C-TIP activities in conflict and crisis-affected areas

Counter-Trafficking in Persons Policy - USAID, 2012 DOWNLOAD

Counter Trafficking in Persons Code of Conduct

USAID adopted a Counter Trafficking in Persons Code of Conduct that prohibits all employees from engaging in trafficking in persons or any behaviors that may facilitate trafficking, such as commercial sex.

Guidance on the Implementation of USAID Counter Trafficking in Persons Code of Conduct

This document provides guidance on the implementation of USAID’s Counter Trafficking in Persons Code of Conduct.

Counter-Trafficking in Persons Standard Operating Procedure

USAID takes the issue of human trafficking in government contracts and assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements) very seriously. This document demonstrates the current comprehensive standard operating procedure (SOP) of the agency with regards to potential TIP abuses by contractors,...

Counter-Trafficking in Persons – Field Guide

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Trafficking in persons (TIP) is a global crime that involves the “recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons” through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purposes of exploitation. A modern form of slavery, human...

Innovative approaches for the management of labor migration in Asia

Good Practices

This report analyzes labor migration trends in Asia and puts them in the context of demographic and policy trends. It provides an overview of the population trends in different Asian countries and looks at policy settings in several sending and dest...Read More

TAGS: Asia

Using SAS® Text Analytics to Assess International Human Trafficking Patterns

Good PracticesPublications

By Tom Sabo, Adam Pilz, SAS Institute Inc. Abstract The US Department of State (DOS) and other humanitarian agencies have a vested interest in assessing and preventing human trafficking in its many forms. A subdivision within the DOS releases pub...Read More

TAGS: Information and Communications Technology Global

Human rights in supply chains: Promoting positive practice

Good Practices

This report provides a unique insight into the current drivers, practices, and challenges of Australian businesses in managing human rights in their supply chains. Importantly, the report provides practical guidance to assist business with identify...Read More

TAGS: Oceania

An Ethical Framework for Cross-Border Labor Recruitment: An Industry/Stakeholder Collaboration to Reduce the Risks of Forced Labor and Human Trafficking – Verite and Manpower Group, 2012

GuidanceStandards & Codes of ConductPublications

The Ethical Framework for Cross Border Labor Recruitment offers a set of specific operational practices (“Standards of Ethical Practice”) for recruitment firms that operate across borders. These practices are reinforced by a Verification and Cer...Read More

TAGS: Recruitment