Organizations, Programs and Campaigns

Anti-Slavery International
Founded in 1839, Anti-Slavery International is the world's oldest international human rights organisation and one of the leading groups working exlusively against slavery and related abuses. It works at the local, national and international levels to eliminate the system of slavery around the world, including bonded labor, child labor, and human trafficking.

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW)
Promotes women's human rights, and works internationally to combat sexual exploitation in all its forms, especially prostitution and trafficking in women and children, in particularly girls.

Free the Slaves
Free the Slaves works to end slavery worldwide, and is the U.S.-based sister organization of Anti-Slavery International in London, the world's oldest human rights group.

Human Rights Watch - Campaign Against the Trafficking Of Women and Girls
Trafficking in persons — the illegal and highly profitable recruitment, transport, or sale of human beings for the purpose of exploiting their labor — is a slavery-like practice that must be eliminated. HRW's campaign website includes in-depth reports on human trafficking around the world.

Polaris Project
One of the largest grassroots anti-trafficking organizations in the United States, operating local, national, and international programs.

Stop Human Traffic Campaign
Global campaign against human trafficking by Anti-Slavery International. The campaign website provides a petition, letters to send to officials, other actions, and case studies and background to human trafficking.

The Protection Project
A legal human rights research institute based at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. The project documents and disseminates information about the scope of the problem of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, with a focus on national and international laws, case law, and implications of trafficking on U.S. and international foreign policy.

Trafficking in Human Beings - UN Office of Drugs and Crime
The Global Programme against Trafficking in Human Beings (GPAT) was designed by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in collaboration with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and launched in March 1999.

Anti-Slavery International - Trafficking
Resources and reports on human trafficking from Anti-Slavery International, including a FAQ and regional reports.
Anti-Slavery International

Human Trafficking Resources - Publications
A list of publications on human trafficking by various organizations.
HumanTrafficking.org

HumanTrafficking.com
Research and activism center to combat modern-day slavery, including sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and commercial sexual exploitation. Learn more and help combat the third largest criminal industry in the world. A service of the Polaris Project.

HumanTrafficking.org
The purpose of this Web site is to bring Government and NGOs in the East Asia and Pacific region together to cooperate and learn from each other’s experiences in their efforts to combat human trafficking. Established on recommendation of the Asian Regional Initiative Against Trafficking.

The Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation
Compiled from media, non-governmental organization and government reports. It is an initial effort to collect facts, statistics and known cases on global sexual exploitation, with a focus on trafficking and prostitution.
CATW (Coalition Against Trafficking in Women)

U.S. Department of State - Global Issues: Human Trafficking
Informational site on human trafficking, including links to related U.S. government news, reports, and resources.

Criminal Justice Resources: Human Trafficking
Extensive list of links to reports and resources on human trafficking.
Michigan State Universities Libraries: Criminal Justice Resources Guide

Human Trafficking - Documents and Sources
Links to UN and regional documents relating to human trafficking.
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Human Trafficking Resources & Links
Links to major organizations and websites fighting against human trafficking.
HumanTrafficking.org

Global TV Campaign on Human Trafficking
A video campaign has been released as a part of a global television campaign UNODC to increase education and awareness about trafficking in human beings. The focus of the 30 and 60 second versions of the video spot is the trafficking in men, women and children for bonded and forced labour activities, such as factory work, fieldwork or as domestic servants. Videos are available online.
UN Office on Drug and Crime

Human Trade - Interactive Map
Showing four case studies of human trafficking in Europe.
CNN In-Depth Special

Human Traffic - Photo Exhibit on Trafficking in West Africa
In March 2001, photographer Mike Sheil travelled to Benin and Gabon for Anti-Slavery, documenting the trafficking of children in the region. Human Traffic is the resulting exhibition. It testifies to the extraordinary bravery and courage of children who have been manipulated, deceived, beaten and raped by the adults who enslave them.
Mike Sheil, for Anti-Slavery International