This information is just to share how TL government prevent or tackling Human Trafficking in Timor-Leste. The government is trying every efforts to combat and control this criminal activity in TL. TL continues to work together with all its allies and other stakeholders to combat and to creating awareness and strengthing legislation to combat this issue.

1. EMBASSY OF TIMOR-LESTE
BANGKOK- THAILAND
GOVERNMENT POLICY TO TACKLE HUMAN TRAFICKING IN
TIMOR-LESTE
By Ms. Elisa da Silva
Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission
Training program for children under 18
At D-Varee Hotel and resort, Pattaya City Chonburi
30 May 2018

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SCOPE OF PRESENTATION
• INTRODUCTION- BRIEF BACKGROUND OF TL
• WHAT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING / TRAFICKING IN PERSON
• HUMAN TRAFICKING IN TL
• WHY THIS IS HAPPEN?
• CHALLENGES
• NATIONAL RESPONSES
• CONCLUSION
• CLOSING STATEMENT

3. 30th May 2018
Pattaya
BRIEF HISTORY OF TL

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DEFINITION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Trafficking in Persons (TIP) is one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world.
It is estimated that:
- 40.3 million people were held in modern slavery, including 24.9 in forced
labour and 15.4 million in forced marriage. 1 in 4 victims of modern slavery
are children
- 25 percent of those human trafficking victims were children
- An estimated 4.8 million people, mainly women and children, were trafficked
in the commercial sex trade in 2016.
- More than 1 million children are victims of commercial sexual exploitation
each year.
Sources: ILO report 2016 and Source: Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage , Geneva,
September 2017.

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CONT-DEFINITION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
• Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery —which
exploits another human being.
• Its a multi-billion dollar criminal industry that denies
freedom to 20.9 million people around the world
• Human trafficking consider as the acquisition of people by
improper means such as force, fraud or deception, with
the aim of exploiting them.
Sources: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/index.html?ref=menuside

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BRIEF HISTORY ON
HUMAN TRAFICKING IN TIMOR- LESTE
• Japanese Occupation (1942-1945)
• Indonesian Occupation (1975-1999)
• Arrival of the United Nations and Independence (1999-
present)

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• Challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality
• Political instability
• Gender issues
• Family problems
• Hopes and dreams for a better life
• Most of them are women and girls, ages 14-34
WHY THIS IS HAPPEN IN TL?

8. CHALLENGES
• Lack of law enforcement
• Sources of destination- TL become a destination for
human trafficking
• Does not have standard operating procedure
• No adequate funds to support
• No proper documentation
• Lack of human resources and skills
• No proper investigations are conducting

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NATIONAL RESPONSES
• Immigration law no. 09/2003 which also include issue on
human trafficking be revised in 2016-17
• Decree law no. 19/2009, the penal code.
• Human trafficking law no.03/2017 also established
• National Action plan for children in TL 2016-2020.
• Established a Commissioner for the right of the child.

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CONTINUE- NATIONAL RESPONSES
• Strengthening Justice and Welfare Systems for Children in Timor-
Leste by working together with UNICEF and other government
agencies to support our children.
• Created working groups from relevant ministries such – Ministry of
interior, ministry of justice, ministry of solidarity, minister of Youth
and labour, minister of foreign affairs and civil society. The objective
of the groups is to create a task force to overseen the issues of human
trafficking and also to prepare Annual action plan to prevent human
trafficking, crime and others related issues
• Promoting cooperation in particularly with our neighbouring countries
such as Indonesia -special in the land border security and with
Australia our -maritime security patrol

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CONCLUSION
• Challenges still remain
• Human trafficking or trafficking in person is not
something that, we can resolve it today and
finish?
• it will continue and this is the challenges.
• Therefore, the government, people, community
and family should work together to tackle this
problems.

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CLOSING STATEMENT
• Hope that, we will continue to learn from each
other to create a better place for our children
and our future generation.
• Thank you

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REFERENCES
1. https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/index.html?ref=menuside
2. ILO report 2016 and Source: Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced
Marriage , Geneva, September 2017.
3. https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2017/271298.htm
4. Speech of former prime Minister Dr. Rui Maria de Araujo, 1 June 2017, at the Launching Ceremony
Of The National Action Plan For Children 2016-2020.
5. Speech of former prime Minister Dr. Rui Maria de Araujo, 1 June 2017, at the Launching Ceremony
Of The National Action Plan For Children 2016-2020
6. Immigration office of Timor-Leste briefing on how to prevent human trafficking in Timor-Leste