HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCES
Government
+U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, HOTLINE 1-888-3737-888 and information on trafficking, fact sheets, Coalition Partners: www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking.
+U.S. State Department, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Fact Sheets, Trafficking in Persons Report, June 2006. www.state.gov/g/tip/
+U.S. State Department, see Traffic Report 2007, the annual report on worldwide struggle against slavery and trafficking. www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2007
+U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, www.ice.gov .
United Nations
+UNICEF- information on Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation: www.unicef.org/protection/index exploitation.html .
+The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, www.unicef.org/crc/crc.htm l
+The United Nations works extensively in human trafficking. Refer to the UN Transnational Crime Convention’s Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons. www.un.org , (search), www.unodc.org/unodc/en/trafficking_human_beings.html
Non-governmental Organizations:
+Anti-Slavery International: world’s oldest international human-rights organization, founded in 1839. Consultative status with UN Economic and Social Council; British based, extensive research and advocacy for antislavery work. www.antislavery.org
+Campaign for the U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a national organization of NGOs, www.childrightscampaign.org .
+Children of the Night: since 1979 has rescued more than ten thousand children ages eleven-seventeen forced into the commercial sex trade. Works in US; based in Van Neys, CA, www.childrenofthenight.org
+Church Women United Legislative Office, 100 Maryland Ave NE Rm100, Washington DC 20002, cwu-dc@churchwomen.org
+CWU Campaign to Ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, petition drive and action program, www.churchwomen.org and CWU Legislative Office.
+Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW): Since 1988, promotes women’s human rights by working internationally to combat sexual exploitation in all its forms. Organized the International Human Right’s Network, a coalition of more than 140 NGOs. Good resources. www.catwinternational.org
+ECPAT-USA (End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes), www.ecpatusa.org , 718-935-9192. Learn about The New Underground Railroad Initiative: an alliance of churches and faith organizations of all denominations uniting to end modern day slavery; order the report: Who is There to Help Us? How the System Fails Sexually Exploited Girls in the United States, % ECPAT-USA, 157 Montague Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201 ($10.00).
Free the Slaves: fights slavery worldwide by helping people to freedom, by removing slave labor from products we buy and helping governments enforce antislavery laws. www.freetheslaves.net
+National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, www.missingkids.com .
+ Polaris Project: an organization working to end trafficking, with offices in many states and on university campuses, with a comprehensive model state law project and grassroots network “Slavery Still Exists Campaign”.. Contact them for assistance in work on state legislation. www.polarisproject.org , 202-745-1001.
+Protection Project: a human-rights research institute based at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. Documents information about the scope of the problem of trafficking with focus on US and international laws, case law and implications for foreign policy. See resources, and A Bill of Rights for Victims of Trafficking. www.protectionproject.org
+Salvation Army: international agency with international campaign committed to policy, resources, and public action against sex trafficking. Assists trafficking victims in US and worldwide. Free download of Anti-Trafficking Training Manual. Their “Initiative Against Sex Trade” is a partnership of faith based, human rights, child and women’s advocacy group, working with US government. www.salvationarmy.org
+Standing Against Global Exploitation (SAGE) Project: www.sagesf.org
+Stop the Traffik: based in England, global coalition of organizations, focus on advocacy and education, 300 member coalition. See Resources and Global Declaration Card project: “People trafficking is wrong. I support STOP THE TRAFFICKING in its call to: Prevent the sale of people, prosecute the traffickers, protect the victims”. www.stopthetraffik.org
+Tiny Stars: based in NYC and Malibu, CA, exposes multibillion dollar industry of child sex trade, works alongside law enforcement to capture international child predators, aims to educate public and give voice to vulnerable victims. See Resources, action ideas and tool kit. www.tinystars.org
+Contact your denomination/ religious organizations to learn about their work on trafficking. For assistance contact the CWU Legislative Office, address etc.
Other:
+Sojourners, see March 2007 issue on trafficking, CRY FREEDOM, % Sojourners/Call to Renewal, 3333 14th St. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20010, www.sojo.net .
+Not For Sale, The Return of the Global Slave Trade—and How We Can Fight It, by David Batstone, Harper SanFrancisco, 2007.
+“Lives for Sale” an enlightening new video about human trafficking by Maryknoll and Lightfoot Productions. Check with PBS for showing time. www.livesforsale.com