Özet:

Although the issue of human trafficking is not a new phenomenon, it has received considerable attention in recent years. A growing number of states have committed to develop legal and policy responses to the issue of human trafficking particularly since the adoption of the 2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Yet, different anti-trafficking policy and practices of national governments to detect and report on trafficking victims and offenders undermine the efficiency of the international anti-trafficking instruments. As a result, several problems arise such as the lack of comprehensive data on human trafficking, varying standards in detecting and identifying trafficking victims and offenders across countries, inadequate provision of assistance and protection to trafficking victims as well as insufficient prosecution of traffickers. Motivated by these concerns around the issue of human trafficking, this paper seeks to explain the process of international cooperation to prevent trafficking in persons, explore challenges in implementing the international anti-trafficking instruments, and highlight successful anti-trafficking policy and practices in order to make suggestions for states in need of anti-trafficking capacity building.

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