Anti-Trafficking Training Material for Judges and Prosecutors - Background Reader

This Anti-Trafficking Training for Judges and Prosecutors aims at providing a modern training package for practitioners who may be exposed to human trafficking in the course of their duties. The project was based on the premise that well-trained judges and prosecutors are an indispensable part of the response to anti-trafficking and have a pivotal role in countering human trafficking. Yet the responsibilities of criminal justice systems do not lie exclusively in punishing offenders, but above all and primarily in respecting and restoring the human rights and needs of victims of trafficking. Taking the rights of victims seriously encourages them to participate in proceedings, thus enhancing effective criminal investigations.

This training package was developed with the objective of raising awareness about the crime of human trafficking as a serious crime and a violation of human rights, and of enhancing the capability and skills of judges and prosecutors to adequately detect trafficking cases and implement anti-trafficking legislation in line with agreed European and international standards. The training package comprises a Background Reader, a Handbook and a Curriculum – Training Guide and is fully in line with the latest international and European standards and policy developments in this field.