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Section 5 of Criminal code: Prohibits all forms of human trafficking

2009 Anti-trafficking statute: Comprehensive & Addresses all forms of trafficking

Penalty: 3-10yrs Imprisonment which can be increased to 20yrs (Aggravated Circumstances)

Strength of Penalty: Sufficiently stringent and commensurate with that of other serious crimes.

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Algeria – TIP-Law (2009) Fr-Ar

Laws

• New Constitution (promulgated on February 5, 2010)

• Articles 390-395 of the Penal Code

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Angola – Sections of the Penal Code relevant to TIP.

Laws

• 2006 Act Relating to the Transportation of Minors and the Suppression of Child Trafficking

• Laws against kidnapping and labor exploitation

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Benin – Loi no 2006-04 – Portant conditions de deplacement des mineurs et repression de la traite d-enfants en Republique du Benin

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• 2006 Act Relating to the Transportation of Minors and the Suppression of Child Trafficking

• Laws against kidnapping and labor exploitation

Laws

• 2006 Act Relating to the Transportation of Minors and the Suppression of Child Trafficking

• Laws against kidnapping and labor exploitation

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Burkina Faso – Law No. 038-2003 Concerning the Definition of Child Trafficking (French)

Burkina Faso – Loi no 029-2008 – Portant lutte contre la Traite des Personnes et les Pratiques Assimilees (Fr) (2008)

Laws

• 2006 Act Relating to the Transportation of Minors and the Suppression of Child Trafficking

• Laws against kidnapping and labor exploitation

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Burundi – Loi no 1-05 – Portant Revision du Code Penal (2009).pdf

Laws

• 2006 Act Relating to the Transportation of Minors and the Suppression of Child Trafficking

• Laws against kidnapping and labor exploitation

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Cameroon – Selections from Labor Code (French)

Cameroon – Selections from Labor Code

Laws

• 2006 Act Relating to the Transportation of Minors and the Suppression of Child Trafficking

• Laws against kidnapping and labor exploitation

Benin – Loi no 2006-04 – Portant conditions de deplacement des mineurs et repression de la traite d-enfants en Republique du Benin

Laws

• 2006 Act Relating to the Transportation of Minors and the Suppression of Child Trafficking

• Laws against kidnapping and labor exploitation

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Democratic Republic of the Congo – Mai Mai – Child Recruitment and Use in the DRC – (February 2010)

Democratic Republic of the Congo – TIP Law

Laws

• August 2009 Child Protection Law

• Penal Code Article 344

Laws

• Penal Code Articles 335-337 and 376-378

Laws

• December 2007 Law 210, “Regarding the Fight Against Human Trafficking”

• November 2009 15-article Djibouti-Ethiopia memorandum of understanding on human trafficking

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Djibouti – TIP Law (2007)

Laws

• Anti-trafficking Law

• Child Law (No. 126 of 2008) and Amendments

• Penal Code

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Egypt – Law Regarding Combating TIP

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2004 Law on the Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons

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Equatorial Guinea – TIP Law (2004)

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• Articles 565 & 605 of the Eritrean Transitional Criminal Code

• Article 16 of Eritrean Constitution

• Proclamation 11/199

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Eritrea – Labor Proclamation (2001)

Laws

• Article 635 of Criminal Code (Trafficking in Women and Minors)

• Article 596 of criminal code (Enslavement)

• Article 597 of criminal code (Trafficking in Women and Children)

• Article 598 of criminal code (Unlawful Sending of Ethiopians to Work Abroad)

• Article 571 of criminal code (Endangering the Life of Another)

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Ethiopia – Additional Sections of Penal Code

Ethiopia – Criminal Code – Sections relevant to TIP (2004)

Ethiopia Criminal Code

Laws

• September 2004 Law 09/04

• Penal Code Article 261

• Law 21/63-94

Laws

• 2005 Human Trafficking Act (HTA) and amendments

• National Plan of Action to combat human trafficking

 Ghana – Human Trafficking Act (2005)

Laws

• The Child Code of 2008

• Article 337 of the 1998 Penal Code

• Article 329 of Penal Code

repression de la traite d-enfants en Republique du Benin

Laws

• Article 37 of Penal code

• Draft Child Trafficking Legislation

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• Sections 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18 of the Sexual Offenses Act of 2006

• The Employment Act of 2007

• Sections 260, 264 and 266 of the Penal Code

                                                           • Draft Trafficking Bill

Kenya – Employment Act TIP (2007) and Sexual Offenses Act (2006)

Kenya – Draft TIP Bill (2006).pdf

Laws

• Constitution

• The Child Protection Act of 1980

• The Sexual Offenses Act of 2003

• The Common Law, and the Labor Code Order of 1981, and amendments

• The Child Protection and Welfare Bill

Laws

2005 Act to Ban Trafficking

Liberia – Act to-Ban TIP (2005)

traite d-enfants en Republique du Benin

Laws

• Criminal code

• The 1970 labor law

Laws

• Anti-Trafficking Law No. 2007-038 prohibits all forms of human trafficking

• Article 262 of the Labor Code

• Decree 2007-563

Madagascar – TIP Law 038 (Eng) (2007) and Code duTravail -TIP (Fr) (2003)

• Anti-Trafficking Law No. 2007-038 prohibits all forms of human trafficking

• Article 262 of the Labor Code

• Decree 2007-563

Madagascar – TIP Law 038 (Eng) (2007) and Code duTravail -TIP (Fr) (2003)

traite d-enfants en Republique du Benin

Laws

• Employment Act

• Penal Code Articles 135-147 257-269

• Draft Child Care, Protection and Justice Bill

Malawi – Penal-Code_ND and Employment Act (2000)

Malawi Law

Laws

• Article 244 of criminal code

• Article 229 of criminal code

• Article 242 of criminal code

Mali – Penal Code (2002) (Fr)

Laws

• The “Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act of 2009”

• Child Protection Act of 2005

• Judicial Provisions Act of 2008

Mauritius -Criminal Code

Laws

• Penal Code Articles 10, 467, 497-499

• Immigration Law of 2003

Laws

• September 2008 Human Trafficking law

Mozambique – Law on Preventing and Combating TIP (2007)

Mozambique – Law-no-6 Human-Trafficking (En)

Mozambique – Law on Preventing and Combating TIP (2007)

Laws

• Prevention of Organized Crime Act (POCA) of 2004

• Sections 3 and 4 of the Labor Act of 2007

• Draft Child Care and Protection Bill

Namibia – Labor Law – TIP (2007) and Prevention of Organised-Crime-TIP (2004)

enin

Laws

• 2003 Amendment to Article 270 of Penal code

• Penal code Articles 181, 292,293

• Article 4 of Labor code

• 2007 Draft Human Trafficking Law

Niger – Penal Code

Laws

• 2003 Trafficking in Persons Law Enforcement and Administration Act and amendments

• 2003 Child Rights Act

Nigeria – TIP Act Amendment-BILL (2004) and TIP Act (2003)

Nigeria – TIP Law (2003)

Nigeria – TIP Act Amendment-BILL (2004) and TIP Act (2003)

Laws

• Law No. 58/2008

• “Law Regulating Labor in Rwanda” (13/2009)

• Revised Penal Code

• Draft Anti-trafficking Bill

Rwanda – Selections from Criminal Code

Laws

Laws

• Law to Combat Trafficking in Persons and Related Practices and to Protect Victims

Senegal – TIP Law (2005)

Laws

Laws

• Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2005

• Child Rights Act of 2008

Sierra Leone – Children’s Bill (2004)

Sierra Leone – Anti-Human Trafficking Law (2005)

Laws

• Pre-1991 penal code

Laws

• The Sexual Offenses Act (SOA)

• Basic Conditions of Labor Act of 1997

• Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill

South Africa – Combating TIP Bill

South Africa – Criminal Law -Amendment-TIP (2007) and Child Protection Act TIP (2005)

Laws

• Articles 155, 156, and 163 of the Criminal Act of 1991

• The Southern Sudan Child Act of 2008 Child Act of 2008

• Sudan Armed Forces Act of 2007

• The Southern Sudan Penal Code Act

• 2009 Draft Labor Act

Sudan – Child Act of 2010

Sudan – Criminal Code -TIP (1991)

Sudan – SPLM Penal Code Act 2003

Laws

• People Trafficking and People Smuggling (Prohibition) Act, 2009

Laws

• The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2008

• 2009 Child Act

Tanzania – The Anti-Trafficking Act (2008)

Tanzania – Zanzibar Laws Relating to TIP

Tanzania – The Anti-Trafficking Act (2008)

Laws

• October 2007 Trafficking in Persons Act.

• 2005 Children’s Act

Laws

• 2005 Law Related to Child Trafficking

• 2007 Child Code

• Article 4 of the 2006 Labor Code

Togo – Loi no 2007-017 du 6 Juillet 2007 portant code de l-enfant (2007)(Fr)

Laws

• Penal Code

Laws

• Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2008

Uganda – Draft TIP Bill (2007)

Laws

• Anti-Human Trafficking Act of 2008

Zambia – Anti-Trafficking Act (2008)

Laws

• ANY TIP-related statutes on forced labor and sexual exploitation.