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...

ABA Model Business and Supplier Policies on Labour Trafficking and Child Labour

Standards & Codes of Conduct

These Model Business and Supplier Policies address two specific human rights issues that potentially arise in the Operations of a business enterprise: Labour Trafficking and Child Labour. The Model Policies adopt a risk-based approach to ensure t...Read More

TAGS: Due Diligence Supplier Management North America

Women in the workplace: FLEX’s five-point plan to combat exploitation

GuidanceGood Practices

SUMMARY The aim of this guide is to help labour market enforcement agencies to build a gender-sensitive approach to tackling labour exploitation. It outlines the specific problems faced by women workers in high-risk feminised labour sectors such ...Read More

TAGS: Tourism, Hospitality & Recreational Services Domestic Work/ Servitude Europe

Model Contract Clauses to Protect Workers In International Supply Chains

GuidanceStandards & Codes of Conduct

The American Bar Association (ABA) Business Law Section Working Group undertook an extensive project to help buyers and suppliers redesign their contracts to better protect human rights in supply chains, with a focus on a cooperative approach with s...Read More

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Eradicating Forced Labour: What Works in Practice

GuidanceGood Practices

How can forced labour be eradicated globally? What approaches are the most effective at gaining ground towards this goal, and can they be replicated across country contexts? There are many ideas about what could work in theory, but there still is li...Read More

TAGS: Global