Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act

The Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act gives effect to the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. The Act criminalizes trafficking in persons and associated offenses and aims to protect and assist trafficking victims particularly women and children. The penalties prescribed by the Act are up to 30 years’ imprisonment or significant fines for trafficking in persons, facilitating trafficking in persons, debt bondage, offenses related to identification documents used to facilitate trafficking in persons, intentionally benefiting financially or otherwise from the services of a victim of trafficking in persons and knowingly transporting victims of trafficking in persons.

Topics

• International law
• Sexual violence and rape
• Statutory rape or defilement
• Trafficking in persons

Geographical location

• Africa
• Namibia

Keywords

• criminal law and procedure
• sentencing
• sexual exploitation

Year

• 2018

External URL

• Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act

Type

• Legislation

Jurisdiction

• Namibia