Dear Members and Friends,
Greetings from GAATW International Secretariat.
As we enter the 2nd year of GAATW’s 3-year programme cycle for 2011-13, we note that 2012 brings important changes and opportunities for the international anti-trafficking community and for the GAATW International Secretariat.
This year, we will see the development of a Terms of Reference for a Review Mechanism to the UN Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC) and its protocols, including the Human Trafficking Protocol, at the 6th Conference of Parties to UNTOC in October. This represents a new space for civil society to hold governments accountable and to incorporate the voices of trafficked victims in shaping anti-trafficking responses.