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Con motivo de la conmemoración *de "El Día Internacional de la NO
Violencia Contra la Mujer"* la Organización Zonta Punta del
Este-Maldonado, miembro de Zonta Internacional organizó la conferencia:
*"Tráfico de Personas".* Dicha conferencia estará a cargo del Sr. Peter
Covington, Consejero para Asuntos Políticos de la Embajada de los
Estados Unidos de América, el día viernes 24 de Noviembre a las 10 y 30
horas, en el Salón de Conferencias del Hotel Barradas de Punta del Este.

El Centro de Documentación de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos de
América, aprovecha la oportunidad para presentarle una selección de
fuentes de información relacionadas al tema.

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> del
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**EN INTERNET**

**SITIOS DE GOBIERNO**

**U.S. Agency for International Development. Combating Trafficking in
Persons**\
<http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/trafficking/>

USAID missions and U.S. embassies conduct policy dialogue on trafficking
with governments in source, transit, and destination countries. Priority
will be given to model interventions and to increasing the scale and
effectiveness of successful initiatives.

**The Department of Health and Human Services. (HHS). The Campaign to
Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking**

<http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/>

Under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is designated as the
agency responsible for helping victims of human trafficking become
eligible to receive benefits and services so they may rebuild their
lives safely in the U.S. As part of this effort, HHS has initiated the
Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking campaign to help identify
and assist victims of human trafficking in the United States.

> **\-\-\-\--. Materiales en español.**
>
> <http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/about/factsheets.html>
>
> Incluye varias Fichas Informativas tales como:

-   **Tráfico Ilegal de Personas**

> <http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/about/fact_human_es.html>

-   **Tráfico Ilegal para Fines de Explotación Sexual**

> <http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/about/sex_trafficking_spanish.html>

-   **Trafico Ilegal de Mano de Obra**

> <http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/about/labor_trafficking_es.html>

-   **Asistencia a las Víctimas**

> <http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/about/victim_assist_spanish.html>

**U.S. Department of Justice. (USDOJ). Trafficking in Persons and Worker
Exploitation Task Force (TPWETF)\
**<http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/tpwetf.htm>

The Trafficking in Persons and Worker Exploitation Task Force (TPWETF)
seeks to prevent trafficking in persons and worker exploitation
throughout the United States and to investigate and prosecute cases when
such violations occur. The Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division
has primary enforcement responsibility for the involuntary servitude and
peonage statutes and plays an active role as a leading member of the
TPWETF.

**U.S. Department of State. (DOS). Office to Monitor and Combat
Trafficking in Persons\
**<http://www.state.gov/g/tip/>

The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP), headed
by Ambassador John R. Miller, provides the tools to combat trafficking
in persons and assists in the coordination of anti-trafficking efforts
both worldwide and domestically. Publishes annually the publication:
"Trafficking in Persons Report"

> **\-\-\-\--. U.S. Department of State. International Information
> Programs. (IIP). Human Trafficking**\
> <http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/global_issues/human_trafficking.html>
>
> The Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) is the
> principal international strategic communications service for the
> foreign affairs community. The Bureau\'s products and services
> uniquely are designed to support the State Department\'s initiatives,
> as well as those of other U.S. foreign policy organizations.
>
> **LEGISLACIÓN & CONVENCIONES**

-   **The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in
    Persons. United Nations. Office of Drugs and Crime\
    **<http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/trafficking_protocol.html>

-   **The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-386)**

-   **The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003
    (H.R. 2620)\
    **Provides the tools to combat trafficking in persons both worldwide
    and domestically. The Act authorizes the establishment of the Office
    to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, headed by Ambassador
    John R. Miller, and the President\'s Interagency Task Force to
    Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons to assist in the
    coordination of anti-trafficking efforts.

**OTROS SITIOS**

**Anti-Slavery International**\
<http://www.antislavery.org/homepage/antislavery/trafficking.htm>

Anti-Slavery International, founded in 1839, is the world\'s oldest
international human rights organisation and the only charity in the
United Kingdom to work exclusively against slavery and related abuses
working at local, national and international levels to eliminate the
system of slavery around the world.

**Captive Daughters\
**<http://captivedaughters.org/index.htm>

The first anti-trafficking group established in California focuses
solely on ending the sexual bondage of female adolescents and children.

**Centro Interamaricano contra la Desaparición, Explotación, Trata y
Tráfico (CIDETT)**

<http://www.cidett.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=29&lang=en>\
Established in 2006 in Lima, Peru as a non profit organization supported
by Save the Children Sweden, the Organization of American States (OAS)
and the Interamerican Institute for Children and Adolescents (IIN),
specialized body of the OAS. With projects implemented in 10 countries
of Latin America and the Caribbean (Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile,
Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Belize, México and Nicaragua),
coordinates and have direct relations with governmental authorities and
work with a network of more than 300 governmental and non governmental
organizations.

> \-\-\-\-- **Centro Interamaricano contra la Desaparición, Explotación,
> Trata y Tráfico (CIDETT)**
>
> <http://www.cidett.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=29&lang=es>\
> Es una organización con sede en Lima, Perú, creada en el 2006 y que
> actualmente cuenta con el apoyo de Save the Children, Suecia, la
> Organización de los Estados Americanos y el Instituto Interamericano
> del Niño, Niña y Adolescentes, órgano especializado de la OEA. Con
> proyectos implementados en 10 países de América Latina y el Caribe
> (Perú, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica,
> Belice, México y Nicaragua), coordina y mantiene relaciones directas
> con autoridades gubernamentales y trabaja con una red de más de 300
> organizaciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales.

**Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW)**\
<http://www.catwinternational.org/>

A non-governmental organization founded in 1988, that promotes women\'s
human rights by working internationally to combat sexual exploitation in
all its forms. CATW was the first international non-governmental
organization to focus on human trafficking, especially sex trafficking
of women and girls. CATW has regional networks in Asia, Latin America,
Europe, Africa and Australia.

**Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST)**\
<http://www.castla.org/>

A pioneer in the anti-trafficking movement in the United States works
exclusively with trafficked persons working toward ending all instances
of such human rights violations.

**Denuncia la Trata**

<http://www.denuncielatrata.org/>

A través de esta página se pueden denunciar casos de Trata accediendo a
su país y localidad.

**End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (ECPAT)**

[http://www.ecpat.net/eng/index.asp](../%20http://www.ecpat.net/eng/index.asp)\
A network of organisations and individuals working together to eliminate
the commercial sexual exploitation of children. It seeks to encourage
the world community to ensure that children everywhere enjoy their
fundamental rights free from all forms of commercial sexual
exploitation.

> **\-\-\-\--. ECPAT International (Español)**
>
> <http://www.ecpat.net/es/index.asp>
>
> ECPAT es una red de organizaciones y individuales que trabajan en
> conjunto para la eliminación de la prostitución infantil, la
> pornografía infantil y el tráfico de niños con propósitos sexuales.

**Freedom Network (USA) To Empower Trafficked and Enslaved Persons\
**<http://www.freedomnetworkusa.org/>

A coalition of 25 non-governmental organizations that provide services
to, and advocate for the rights of, trafficking survivors in the United
States. Since the enactment of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence
Protection Act of 2000 (VTVPA), Freedom Network (USA) members have
worked closely with trafficked persons to ensure that they receive
necessary services guaranteed under the VTVPA and have also been engaged
in monitoring implementation of the law.

**Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women (GAATW)**\
<http://www.gaatw.net/>

A network of non-governmental organisations from all regions of the
world, who share a deep concern for the women, children and men whose
human rights have been violated by the criminal practice of trafficking
in persons.

> **\-\-\-\--. Alianza Global contra la Trata de Mujeres (GAATW)**
>
> <http://www.gaatw.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=113&Itemid=88>
>
> La Alianza Global contra la Trata de Mujeres (GAATW) es una red
> conformada tanto por organizaciones no gubernamentales, como por
> individuos de todas las regiones del mundo que comparten una profunda
> inquietud por las mujeres, niños y hombres cuyo derechos humanos han
> sido violados mediante prácticas criminales de la trata de personas.

**Human Rights Watch Campaign Against the Trafficking of Women and
Girls\
**<http://www.hrw.org/about/projects/traffcamp/intro.html>\
Human Rights Watch is the largest human rights organization based in the
United States. HRW researchers conduct fact-finding investigations into
human rights abuses in all regions of the world. Human Rights Watch then
publishes those findings in dozens of books and reports every year,
generating extensive coverage in local and international media.

**HumanTrafficking**

[http://humantrafficking.org](http://humantrafficking.org/)

The purpose of this Web site is to bring Government and NGOs in the East
Asia and Pacific together to cooperate and learn from each other's
experiences in their efforts to combat human trafficking. This Web site
has country-specific information such as national laws and action plans
and contact information on useful governmental agencies. It also has a
description of NGO activities in different countries and their contact
information.

**Global Rights. Human Trafficking\
**<http://www.hrlawgroup.org/initiatives/trafficking_persons/>

A human rights advocacy group that partners with organizations and
governments to ensure that all responses to the trafficking of people
into forced labor, slavery and servitude are based upon
internationally-recognized human rights standards.

> **\-\-\-\--. Global Rights Resource Center: Trata de Personas**
>
> <http://www.hrlawgroup.org/initiatives/trafficking_persons/>
>
> Recursos en español sobre el tema.

**International Organization for Adolescents. International Youth
Trafficking Prevention Initiative (IOFA)\
**<http://www.iofa.org/>

An independent, nonprofit organization in response to a gap in
programming and services for adolescents around the world. IOFA is
currently working in partnership with local organizations in over 20
countries to develop and implement sustainable programs and services for
youth and their projects are focused on two main initiatives-the
Prevention of Youth Trafficking and Girls Leadership Development, and as
well as Train Tracks, International Training Institute on Human
Trafficking and other several explorations, or initiatives under
development, including an initiative to assist orphans and other
institutionalized youth.

**International Organization for Migration. (IOM). Counter-Trafficking\
**<http://www.iom.int/jahia/page748.html>

Recognizing the need to prevent trafficking before it occurs,
information campaigns are carried out in countries of origin to inform
potential victims of the dangers of trafficking. IOM awareness-raising
activities target schools, urban and rural community groups and
families.

Technical cooperation involving the training of government officials,
law enforcement officers and the judiciary increases the capacity of
governments to effectively prosecute criminal organizations and grant
better protection to victims of trafficking.

> **\-\-\-\--. Américas. The Dark Side of Migration**
>
> <http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/eventAM/cache/offonce?entryId=10797>
>
> This event is part of the XVI Summit of Chiefs of Government and
> States of the Ibero-American Community of Nations held 5-6 November
> 2006 in Montevideo, Uruguay which the main theme is migration.
>
> **\-\-\-\--. Uruguay**
>
> <http://www.iom.int/jahia/page446.html>
>
> Priority areas are strengthening the links with Uruguayans abroad and
> prevention of trafficking and human smuggling, especially women and
> children, which is a growing and urgent problem in Uruguay.\
> The following are projects managed by IOM:

-   Migration and Development (Capacity Building through Qualified Human
    Resources and Experts) Cooperation Agreement with the University of
    the Republic of Uruguay (AURU).

-   Regulating Migration (Counter-trafficking) Counter-trafficking and
    assistance to victims -- planned.

-   Technical Cooperation on Migration Management and Capacity Building
    (Supporting links with the Uruguayan diaspora -- planned).

-   Facilitating Migration (Labour Migration). Project on the topic of
    remittances and a policy for migrants - planned

-   Migrant Processing and Assistance (Technical Cooperation Agreement
    IOM/UNESCO) (TAIUN).

> **\-\-\-\--. Organización Internacional para las Migraciones**
>
> <http://www.oim.org.co/modulos/contenido/default.asp?idmodulo=8>
>
> Desde su creación en 1951, la Organización Internacional para las
> Migraciones (OIM) trabaja con migrantes y gobiernos para proveer
> respuestas humanas a los desafíos que presenta la migración. La OIM,
> con sede central en Ginebra Suiza actúa como Organismo Internacional
> -- Intergubernamental y cuenta actualmente con 118 Estados miembros y
> 20 observadores.

**Interpol. Trafficking in human beings**

<http://www.interpol.int/Public/THB/default.asp>

Interpol aims to end the abuse and exploitation of human beings for
financial gain. Women from developing countries and young children all
over the world are especially vulnerable to trafficking, smuggling or
sexual exploitation.

> **\-\-\-\--. Interpol. Trafficking in Women**
>
> <http://www.interpol.int/Public/THB/Women/Default.asp>
>
> The trafficking of women for sexual exploitation is an international,
> organized, criminal phenomenon that has grave consequences for the
> safety, welfare and human rights of its victims. It is a global
> problem in which Interpol actively seeks to increase and improve
> international law enforcement co-operation in order to help combat
> this crime. Interpol derives its actions from such conventions as the
> United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and
> the additional Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in
> Persons.

**Organization of American States (OAS). Trafficking in Persons**

<http://www.oas.org/main/main.asp?sLang=E&sLink=http://www.oas.org/atip>

The OAS Anti-Trafficking in Persons Section is part of the Department
for the Prevention of Threats Against Public Security. It's mission
information, provide training, and promote anti-trafficking policies in
a way that assists the efforts of member states to prevent and combat
trafficking in persons, especially women, adolescents, and children. The
Section strives to implement a broad anti-trafficking strategy that
addresses the human rights, social policy, and transnational crime
aspects of this international challenge.

> **\-\-\-\--. Organización de los Estados Americanos. Sección contra la
> Trata de Personas**
>
> <http://www.oas.org/main/main.asp?sLang=S&sLink=http://www.oas.org/documents/spa/structure.asp>
>
> La Sección contra la Trata de Personas es llevar a cabo medidas contra
> la Trata con una perspectiva regional, lo que permite a la OEA enfocar
> este problema en una forma difícil de lograr para el gobierno de un
> solo país. La Sección provee la información logística necesaria para
> seminarios de entrenamiento, asistencia técnica a gobiernos,
> intercambio de información, y propuestas. En esta misma línea, la
> Sección desarrolla nueva información, monitorea nueva literatura sobre
> el tema, y cataloga los reportes y documentos existentes.

**Project Hope International (PHI)**\
<http://www.phi-ngo.org/>\
Project HOPE International, Inc. (PHI) works in Southeast Asia and the
United States to build bridges between NGO practitioners, donors,
professionals, and policy makers to better inform, understand, and meet
the needs of trafficked persons and their support networks through
education, coordination, and advocacy.

**The Protection Project**\
<http://www.protectionproject.org/>

The goal of the Protection Project is to research and document the
global scope of the problem of trafficking in persons and, through the
dissemination of relevant and timely information, to influence policy
and practice in the war against trafficking.

**Shared Hope International**\
<http://www.sharedhope.org/>

Shared Hope International exists to rescue and restore women and
children in crisis, being leaders in a worldwide effort to prevent and
eradicate sex trafficking and slavery through education and public
awareness.

**U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime. (UNODC). Trafficking in Human
Beings**\
<http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/trafficking_human_beings.html>

The Global Programme against Trafficking in Human Beings (GPAT) was
designed by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in collaboration
with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research
Institute ( UNICRI) and launched in March 1999. GPAT assists Member
States in their efforts to combat trafficking in human beings. It
highlights the involvement of organized criminal groups in human
trafficking and promotes the development of effective ways of cracking
down on perpetrators.

**Vital Voices. Anti-Trafficking**

<http://www.vitalvoices.org/desktopdefault.aspx?page_id=35>

Since 2000, Vital Voices Global Partnership has been at the forefront of
anti-trafficking efforts worldwide, working to build women\'s capacity
to fight trafficking in their own countries and raise awareness about
this horrific human rights violation.

**EN PUBLICACIONES PERIÓDICAS**

Además de la información que se encuentra disponible en Internet, el IRC
cuenta con acceso a bases de datos que ofrecen el texto completo de más
de 10.000 publicaciones periódicas. Estos son, a modo de ejemplo,
algunos artículos recientes sobre el Tráfico de Personas.

**Trafficking in Persons Report 2006. *U.S. Department of State. Office
to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons* June 2006. 295 pages.**

<http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/66086.pdf>

***U.S. Department of State. Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in
Persons. Fact Sheets:***

-   **U.S. Government Anti-Trafficking In Persons FY 2005 Project
    Obligations: Questions and Answers. April 24, 2006.\
    **<http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/fs/2006/65042.htm>

-   **The President's \$50 Million Initiative To Combat Trafficking In
    Persons. April 12, 2006.\
    **<http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/fs/2006/69671.htm>

-   **The President's \$50 Million Initiative to Combat Trafficking In
    Persons: Country Funding. April 12, 2006.\
    **<http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/fs/2006/69696.htm>

-   **Distinctions Between Human Smuggling and Human Trafficking. April
    1, 2006.\
    **<http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/fs/2006/69386.htm>

-   **U.S. Government Anti-Trafficking in Persons Obligated Project
    Funding (Fiscal Year 2005). March 29, 2006**.\
    <http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/fs/2006/63816.htm>

**Trata de Personas*[. INTERPOL.]{.underline}* June 2006. 2 pages**.\
<http://www.interpol.int/Public/ICPO/FactSheets/THB02ES.pdf>

**Temas de la Democracia: Junio 2006: Informe del Departamento de Estado
sobre la Trata de Personas. *[Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Bolivia.
Sección de Prensa y Cultura. Centro de Información y
Referencia]{.underline}. ***

Gentileza del Sr. Hans Mendoza, Director del Centro de Información y
Referencia.

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**The Trafficked Child: Trauma and Resilience by Elzbieta Gozdziak, et
all. *[Forced Migration Review]{.underline}*. May 2006. Pages 14-15.**

<http://isim.georgetown.edu/Publications/ElzPubs/FMR2506.pdf>

**Internal Trafficking by Susan Martin. *[Forced Migration
Review]{.underline}*. May 2006. Pages 12-13.**

<http://isim.georgetown.edu/Publications/SusanPubs/FMR2505.pdf>

**Trafficking in Persons: Global Patterns. *[United Nations. Office on
Drugs and Crime]{.underline}*. April 2006. 128 pages.**

<http://www.unodc.org/pdf/traffickinginpersons_report_2006ver2.pdf>

> **\-\-\-\--. Appendices**
>
> <http://www.unodc.org/pdf/crime/trafficking_persons_report_2006-04_appendices.pdf>

**Panorama sobre La Trata de Personas Desafíos y Respuestas: Colombia,
Estados Unidos y República Dominicana. *[Organización Internacional para
las Migraciones (OIM)]{.underline}*. Febrero 2006. 124 páginas.**

<http://www.oim.org.co/modulos/contenido/default.asp?idmodulo=7&idlibro=115>

**E-Journal: Responses to Human Trafficking. *[U.S. Department of
State.]{.underline} [Office of International Information Programs
(IIP)]{.underline}*. June 2003. 44 pages.**

<http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/0603/ijge/ijge0603.htm>

> **\-\-\-\--. Respuestas a la Trata de Personas. Junio 2003. 46
> paginas.**

<http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/0603/ijgs/ijgs0603.pdf>

**Principios** **y Directrices recomendados sobre los Derechos Humanos y
la Trata de Personas *[Organización Internacional para las
Migraciones]{.underline}*. May 2002.** **17**
<http://www.acnur.org/biblioteca/pdf/4045.pdf>

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