Council of Europe – Parliamentary Assembly (PACE)

Motion for a recommendation
Criminalising the purchase of sex to combat the trafficking of people for sexual exploitation
Resolution 1983 (2014) Final version

Prostitution, trafficking and modern slavery in Europe
Author(s): Parliamentary Assembly

Origin – Assembly debate on 8 April 2014 (12th Sitting) (see Doc. 13446, report of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination, rapporteur: Mr José Mendes Bota). Text adopted by the Assembly on 8 April 2014 (12th Sitting).

Resolution 1983 (2014) Final version


Trafficking in Human Beings – GRETA

The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings entered into force on 1 February 2008.

The Convention has a comprehensive scope of application, encompassing all forms of trafficking (whether national or transnational, linked or not linked to organised crime) and taking in all persons who are victims of trafficking (women, men or children). The forms of exploitation covered by the Convention are, at a minimum, sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude and the removal of organs.

All the countries which have signed up to the Council of Europe convention are regularly monitored by the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA). GRETA’s role is to ensure that the convention’s provisions are effectively implemented and victims’ rights respected.

GRETA analyses the situation on a country-by-country basis, drawing up reports which identify good practices and gaps, and makes recommendations on how to improve the implementation of the convention in each country. The reports and recommendations are made public and are published on the Council of Europe’s anti-trafficking website.
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