04.07h assessment

1. 04.07 Honors Assessment
Human Trafficking Prevention Organizations:
Amnesty International & Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Alexandra Angeloff
Mrs. Melton
World History Honors
24 June 2015

2. Amnesty International Introduction
• Amnesty International was founded in 1961, in Britain by a man named Peter Benenson.
• They currently cite their core values as a group to be the following: women's, children's, minorities' and indigenous rights, ending torture, abolition of the death
penalty, rights of refugees, rights of prisoners of conscience, and protection of human dignity.
• They state their objective to be "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose
rights have been violated.“
• They have more than 7 million members/supporters worldwide.
• It is divided into smaller factions for each country it operates in, a total of 63. (ex: Amnesty International Taiwan, Amnesty International USA)
• There has been controversy over how much they pay their higher-ups, for example, former Secretary General Irene Khan. She received a payment of UK£533,103, a
great deal of money, after her December 2009 resignation. Many newspapers brought up the point that Amnesty International was wrongly using its funds and that
contributors should reconsider their donations.

3. Human Trafficking in Northern Ireland
• Amnesty International UK published a blog post in January 2014 about its efforts to stop human trafficking in Northern Ireland.
• They attempt to raise awareness of the roughly 40 million people that are victims of human trafficking, as well as the hundreds of victims specifically in Northern
Ireland.
• The organization is working with the Northern Ireland Assembly and Department of Justice to create laws against human trafficking and help the people that are
already victims. It also helps the All Party Group on Human Trafficking at the Northern Ireland Assembly to “ensure that sufficient protection and support is
provided to the victims of trafficking to ensure their safety and wellbeing.” So far they have continued their efforts by being a part of the Anti-Trafficking
Monitoring Group, created to make sure that the United Kingdom government is adhering to new European human trafficking policies. They are not sure of the
number of people they have helped, but it can surely be said that their efforts have had a great effect on many people who would otherwise be victims.

4. Human Trafficking in Scotland
• Amnesty International UK originally published research on human trafficking in Scotland in 2008. This research revealed that human trafficking was present in
Scotland but the perpetrators had never been prosecuted.
• They trained their volunteers in Scotland to respond better to human trafficking, and also issued a call for legislation to be created in support for human trafficking
victims.
• In 2014, it was announced that the Scottish government plans to create a bill with policies on human trafficking. Amnesty International UK submitted a request fro
specific laws to be included in the bill. They also gave evidence and testimony in front of the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee in support of the bill.
• Once completed, this bill will, according to the Scottish government, “Strengthen existing criminal laws against human trafficking in Scotland and bring various
laws that deal with trafficking together in one place, give greater and more accessible support to its victims, and give statutory responsibility to relevant agencies to
work with the government to develop and implement a plan to outlaw trafficking in Scotland altogether.”

5. Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Introduction
• The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women was founded by Dorchen Leidholdt in 1988.
• It fights against trafficking of women and children, but considers “trafficking” to include “all forms of selling or buying bodies of women or children” including
both forced and voluntary prostitution, pornography, sex tourism, mail-order bride selling, as well as sexual exploitation such as harassment, rape, incest, and
battery.
• They use “low-risk activism” and prefer to fight for their cause by lobbying, spreading awareness, fundraising, and constructing safe houses.

6. Latin America and the Caribbean
• The Latin America and Caribbean division of the CATW has created the Red Alert System to save and help rehabilitate human trafficking and sexual exploitation
victims in Mexico. It has existed for five years now. During those five years, the system has saved more than 750 women and children.
• They also help victims by coordinating with similar organizations to create shelters specifically for victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
• They are making an effort to create legislation based on the Nordic Model, which says that human trafficking and sexual exploitation can be ended by
decriminalizing the selling of sexual services while making their purchase illegal
• The Latin America and Caribbean division has also created an online Postgraduate Diploma on Access to Justice and Trafficking in Persons for the Purpose of
Sexual Exploitation; it is intended to be used by law enforcement officials.

7. Ghana
• The Ghanaian division of the Coalition Against Human Trafficking has created the Enslavement Prevention Alliance—West Africa (EPAWA), which spreads
awareness about prostitution and trafficking in Ghanaian society and their effects.
• The EPAWA conducts investigations and rescue operations, victim protection planning, and shelter management. It also trains and informs law enforcement,
immigration, media, civil society, academic institutions, and the health sector on human trafficking.
• It coordinates with local African organizations to create national campaigns to educate and mobilize government agencies in order to better help victims,
encouraging the creation of better policies and education to help find solutions to human trafficking.