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REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA MINISTRY OF GENDER EQUALITY AND CHILD WELFARE Tabling of the Trafficking in Persons Bill By: Honourable Doreen Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare November, 2017 1 Honourable speaker, Honourable members of Parliament of this august house, May I take this opportunity to table before this august house the Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill.
transport, to Prevent, Human Trafficking is defined in the Protocol and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Suppress as "the Women and Children (the Trafficking Protocol) transfer, harbouring or receipt of a recruitment, person by such means as threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud or deception for the purpose of exploitation.

Every country in the world is affected by human trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit or destination for victims.
to Combat In 2010, the General Assembly adopted the Global Plan of Action urging Trafficking Governments worldwide to take coordinated and consistent measures to defeat this scourge.
The Plan calls for integrating the fight against human trafficking into the UN's broader programmes in order to boost development and strengthen security worldwide Persons, In Honourable members, Persons Bill aimed at: the Combating of Trafficking In to Namibia's in persons a) Giving effect in trafficking agreements binding trafficking in persons protocol; and obligations terms on Namibia, of relating to international the especially 2 b) Preventing and combating Trafficking in Persons c) Providing for the Prosecutions of persons who commit offences in terms of the Act; and d) Providing Appropriate penalties; and e) Providing measures for the protection of and assistance to victims of trafficking Namibia is alleged to be the country of origin, transit, and destination for women, children, and possibly men subjected to forced labour and sex trafficking in the SADC region.
Sadly, out of 15 SADC member states, it is only two member states that do not have stand-alone legislation on trafficking in Persons; Namibia is one of the two member states not having a stand-alone legislation on trafficking in Persons.

are some provisions There comprehensive, pertaining to aspects of human trafficking or which deal with related crimes in the following legislations, namely; though not a) The Namibian Constitution b) The Prevention of Organised Crime Act No.
29 of 2004 (POCA) c) The Child Care and Protection Act No.

3 of 2015 spec ifically d) The Combating of Immoral Practices Act No.

21 of 1980 e) Combating of Rape Act, 8 of2000 f) Labour Act, 11 of 2007 g) Immigration Control Act, 7 of 1993 3 Namibia has ratified the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and the additional Protocol to Prevent, especially women and children in 2003.
Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Humans, of International Relations For effective coordination to fight trafficking in persons in Namibia, a National Committee has been established chaired and by The Hon.
Minister Cooperation and comprised of the following Ministries and Justice, Finance, Offices: Home Affairs and Immigration, Safety and Security, Gender Equality and Child Welfare, and Employment Creation, Labour, Health and Social Services, Works and Transport, Fisheries and Marine Resources, Offices of the Attorney General and Prosecutor General.

Industrial Relations The Committee works with relevant stakeholders on matters pertaining to Trafficking in Persons in the country.
on Human Trafficking The Inter-ministerial Committee (OMAs) started with consisting of office/ministries/agencies the layman draft on Combating of Trafficking in Person Bill.

The layman draft was shared with the Cluster on Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Human Rights (consisting of government, NGO/CSO, faith-based organisation, academia and development partners) during a national consultative workshops and inputs from the workshop was incorporated.
The Bill was then submitted to the Cabinet Committee on Legislation (eCL) for their discussion.

There were queries from CCL that were discussed with the Inter-Ministerial 4 Committee and GBV & Human Rights Cluster.

The Bill was again submitted back to the CCL for their approval and submission to the MO] legal drafters.

The drafted Bill was then submitted to the Attorney-General before tabling in Parliament.
The Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill is of great importance to the protection of human rights in Namibia; and I am humbly requesting this august house to support the Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill.

I submit Honourable Speaker.

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