Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Nazhat Shameem Khan has been appointed as the Chair of the Working Group on Trafficking in Persons at the United Nations Organisation for Drugs and Crime in Vienna.
Ambassador Khan says the nomination reflected the significant progress that Fiji had made, in strengthening, and implementing strong anti‑trafficking laws and policies.
She said that it was yet another achievement for Fiji in establishing a strong leadership role in global and multilateral institutions.
Fiji acceded to the United Nations Convention on Transnational Crime and its three protocols in 2017. In 2009, Fiji adopted its first trafficking offences in the Crimes Act, leading to successful prosecutions for trafficking in the Fijian courts from 2010.
The Working Group was established to strengthen compliance internationally with the Protocol on Trafficking in Persons. The next meeting of the Working Group is from the 9th to the 11th of September 2019 in Vienna, and will focus on crime prevention and legal strategies in member States to improve compliance with the Protocol.
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