page_title: Human rights in the Marshall Islands
section_title: Human trafficking
hierarchical_section_title: Human rights in the Marshall Islands / Human rights issues / Human trafficking
caption_attribution_description: English: Marshall Islands Tier Ranking by Year. Source: "Trafficking in Persons Report" 2015 at 240.
context_page_description: The Marshall Islands is a country in the Pacific spread over 29 coral atolls, with 1,156 islands and islets. It has an estimated population of 68,480 and is one of the sixteen member states of the Pacific Islands Forum.
  Since 1979, the Marshall Islands has been self-governing.
  While the Marshall Islands has a Bill of Rights guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedom from discrimination, it is home to a number of human rights issues. According to the Marshall Islands 2015 Human Rights Report, the "most significant human rights problems included prison conditions, chronic government corruption, and chronic domestic violence" and other human rights problems included "child abuse, sex trafficking, and lack of legal provisions protecting workers' rights."
context_section_description: The Trafficking in Persons Report 2015 categorised the Marshall Islands as a Tier 3 country in regards to human trafficking which means it does not fully comply with the minimum standards and is not making significant efforts to do so. This categorisation occurred automatically because any country that has been rated Tier 2 Watch List for two consecutive years, will receive Tier 3 ranking in the third year. Additionally, the RMI does not have a written plan for bringing itself into compliance with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and consequently its automatic Tier 3 status cannot be waived.
  It is both a source and destination country for RMI women and girls and women from East Asia subjected to sex trafficking.
caption: Marshall Islands Tier Ranking by Year. Source: Trafficking in Persons Report 2015 at 240.
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