Note on international protection
19 July 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Notes on International Protection |
Report of the fact-finding mission to the Czech Republic by Ms Leyla Kayacik - Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees
4-6 May 2022
5 July 2022 | Publisher: Council of Europe | Document type: Fact Finding Reports |
Report of the fact-finding mission to the Slovak Republic
Ms Leyla Kayacik
Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees
2-4 May 2022
5 July 2022 | Publisher: Council of Europe | Document type: Fact Finding Reports |
V.C.L. and A.N. v. The United Kingdom (applications nos. 77587/12 and 74603/12)
The Court held that once the authorities had become aware of a credible suspicion that an individual had been trafficked, he or she should be assessed by a qualified person. Any decision to prosecute should follow such an assessment, and while the decision would not necessarily be binding on a prosecutor, the prosecutor would need to have clear reasons for reaching a different conclusion. In the case of both V.C.L. and A.N., the Court found that despite the existence of credible suspicion that they had been trafficked, neither the police nor the prosecution service had referred them to a competent authority for assessment; although both cases were subsequently reviewed by the prosecution service, it disagreed with the conclusion of the competent authority without giving clear reasons capable of undermining the competent authority’s conclusions; and the Court of Appeal limited itself to addressing whether the decision to prosecute had been an abuse of process. The Court therefore found that there had been a violation of Article 4 in both applicants’ cases. The Court found that, although the authorities had made some accommodations to the applicants after their guilty verdicts, the lack of any assessment of whether the applicants had been victims of trafficking may have prevented them from securing important evidence capable of helping their defence. As such the proceedings had not been fair, leading to a violation of Article 6 § 1. 16 February 2021 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking - Trafficking in persons | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Viet Nam |
UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Suriname – UPR 39th Session (2021)
February 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports |
Guide on Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights - Prohibition of Slavery and Forced Labour
31 December 2020 | Publisher: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses |
An Introductory Guide to Anti-Trafficking Action in Internal Displacement Contexts, 2020
26 November 2020 | Publisher: Global Protection Cluster (GPC) | Document type: Training Manuals |
General recommendation No. 38 (2020) on trafficking in women and girls in the context of global migration
20 November 2020 | Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations |
Seychelles: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Seychelles - UPR 38th Session (2021)
October 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports |
Singapore: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Singapore - UPR 38th Session (2021)
October 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports |