Jordan’s national anti-human trafficking committee and its partners on Thursday (April 18th) announced the launch of the 2019-2022 anti-human trafficking national strategy, the Jordan Times reported.
The strategy is part of a joint project with the EU, implemented by the committee, civil and international community organisations and experts from the International Centre for Migration Policy Development.
Justice Minister Bassam Talhouni said Jordan is among the first countries in the anti-human trafficking field to join several international conventions.
The kingdom is part of the UN Convention against Transnational Crime 2000 and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, he said.
The government places great importance on addressing human trafficking, he said, and issued its first national law to prevent human trafficking in 2009.
Talhouni said the joint national effort is run in co-operation with the public and private sectors and civil society organisations to achieve the main goals of the strategy, which covers prevention, protection, prosecution and co-operation.
The cabinet in March approved an amendment to the 2019 Anti-Human Trafficking Law, which increases punishments for those charged with related crimes and provides victims of these crimes with protection and assistance.
