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CEELI’s Human Trafficking Assessment Tool (HTAT)
measures a country’s de jure and de facto
compliance with the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and
Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
(UN Trafficking Protocol) that supplements the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.

The HTAT analyzes national anti-trafficking laws and
government efforts to combat trafficking against the
obligations set forth in the Protocol and its host Convention.
In addition to international standards, the HTAT references
existing regional instruments to combat trafficking,
highlights NGO best practices, and includes pertinent
compliance and non-compliance examples from around the
world.

Trafficking in persons is one of the most prevalent crimes
today involving severe human rights violations. By creating
the HTAT, CEELI has joined the global campaign to encourage
states to criminalize trafficking, prosecute traffickers,
protect victims, and develop measures to prevent this
phenomenon from occurring.

The HTAT serves as a comprehensive resource on trafficking
and can be used to:

• Assist governments in countries of origin, transit, and
  destination for victims of trafficking to prioritize areas
  of concern, draft strong anti-trafficking legislation, and
  implement effective anti-trafficking programs.

• Assess states that are not parties to the UN Trafficking
  Protocol and its host Convention and encourage
  ratification.

• Assist NGOs working to combat trafficking to monitor
  compliance with the UN Trafficking Protocol and advance
  advocacy and programmatic efforts.

• Encourage increased collaboration among NGOs and
  governments.

• Monitor a country’s long-term performance by conducting
  second and third round assessments to identify improvement
  or remedial action.

• Assist the donor community to gauge which countries are
  in greatest need of support and prioritize programmatic
  funding.

The HTAT is one of many
publications
and assessment tools available from CEELI.