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Counter-Trafficking
"Supporting Turkey's Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking and Promote Access to Justice for All Trafficked Persons"
In line with Turkey's efforts on counter trafficking a new project founded by European Commission has been launched and implemented by IOM Mission to Turkey in close cooperation with the Turkish Government. The aim of this 2 years project is to provide support to Turkish institutions in their fight against human trafficking and protection of victims in line with EU directives and harmonization with the EU Acquis. The specific objective is to increase identification and protection of victims of trafficking in Turkey and initiate prosecution of human trafficking crimes in Turkey. The final beneficiaries of the project are the Ministry of Interior of the Government of Turkey and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Turkey and the trafficked persons.
The target groups are twofold; the first group is the potential and actual trafficked persons and the second target groups are mainly the institutional stakeholders listed;
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs General Directorate for Consular Affairs which is the Coordinator of the National Task Force to Combat Trafficking.
- The Ministry of Interior; International Relations and EU Department, Public Order Department of the Turkish National Police, Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Department of the General Command of Gendarmerie, Department of Foreigners, Border and Asylum of the Turkish National Police, Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Department of the Turkish National Police
- Ministry of Justice; EU Department, International Law and Foreign Relations Department
- Ministry of Labour, EU Coordination Department
- Ministry of Health, EU Coordination Department
- The Human Resource Development Foundation
- Foundation for Women's Solidarity
- 157 Helpline
The outputs to be delivered and the guaranteed results achieved by this project include:
- Strengthening the administrative capacity of the Task Force in order to render interaction among the members more efficient.
- Prevention and awareness raising activities conducted in Turkey and the countries of origin to reduce stigma associated with trafficking and provide a tool for self-rescue for potential and actual victims through the 157 Helpline.
- Increased identification, and strengthening the investigation and prosecution of traffickers.
- Improved protection of trafficked persons in Turkey through the strengthening of existing infrastructure and the development of new ones.
- Improving understanding of the demand for different forms of human trafficking, including forced prostitution, and the development of measures to counteract it.
- An established data gathering network in place to promote a coordinated response to human trafficking between Turkey and the main countries of origin.
"Combating Trafficking in Human Beings through Legal Assistance to Trafficked Persons and Enhanced Judicial Cooperation"
The 24 months and 283,610 Euro project funded by the Netherlands MFA and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) is approved on December 2007 which the main aim with the project is to increase the prosecution of traffickers in Turkey and in the BSEC region. The project will also ensure that the human rights of trafficked persons are respected and that they have full to access to justice. Project partners will be the Turkish Bar Association, Ankara Bar Association (executive board), and Bar Associations at hot spots in Turkey, IOM-missions and Bar Associations in the black sea countries and European countries, NGOs, Ministry of Justice of Turkey. The project proposal will fund comprehensive capacity building in the field of legal assistance for trafficked persons in Turkey as well as selected countries of the Black Sea region. This will be carried out through: awareness-raising on human trafficking for the legal community through organized workshops and panels within the Internship Attorney Program by including the revised Turkish Penal Code and the Code of Penal Procedures for newly examined attorneys in Ankara in the curricula; establishing and training a core-group of legal experts on Counter-Trafficking, to provide legal assistance to Trafficked Persons and cooperation and the promotion of mutual legal assistance within the Black Sea Bar Associations. The main aim with the project is to increase the prosecution of traffickers in Turkey and in the region. The project will also ensure that the human rights of trafficked persons are respected and that they have full to access to justice.
"Expanding and consolidating identification through enhanced integration of law enforcement and NGO efforts"
The 18 months and 187,257 Euro project financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) which is following up the project of "Combating Trafficking: Turkey, Local Action and Direct Assistance" funded by Norwegian Government and Swedish SIDA is approved on the December 2007. The project configures itself as the continuation and expansion of the assistance currently provided through funding from SIDA in order to strengthen the identification and assistance to trafficked persons in Turkey and prepare the conditions for their reintegration in their countries of origin. The purpose of the project is to contribute to the implementation of the National Action Plan and support overall coordination of counter trafficking efforts in Turkey. This phase of the project has two primary objectives: 1) support capacity building in local NGOs at the provincial level and thus create local conditions for safe accommodation of potential trafficked persons pending their identification; 2) support the integration of law enforcement and rehabilitation efforts through a thorough follow up of identified cases once they have returned to their home country in cooperation with locally based NGOs in the countries of origin. The project builds on the experience and expertise acquired by IOM, Law enforcement and NGO partners in order to provide on the capacity building to two additional local NGOs that will be identified in a selected hot spot in Western Turkey. This will enable the transfer of knowledge and long term sustainability of reception facilities as well as a more conducive and effective coordination between the police and the NGO sector.
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