The Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings enters into force on 1 February 2008

The Council of Europe’s Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS n° 197) enters into force on 1 February 2008. The Convention aims to prevent trafficking, protect the human rights of victims and prosecute traffickers. It applies to all victims of trafficking: women, men and children alike; to all forms of exploitation (sexual exploitation, forced labour, servitude, removal of organs etc.) and it covers all forms of trafficking: national and transnational, related or not to organised crime.