Armenia once more is in the 1 Tier of countries combating with human trafficking

Armenia once more is in the 1 Tier of countries combating with human trafficking

Once more Armenia has been categorized in the 1 Tier of countries combating with human trafficking by U.S. Department of States’ annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.

On 27th of July Secretary of State John Kerry announced annual “Trafficking in Persons Report” 2015 in Washington. TIP reflects over 188 countries government’s efforts in combating human trafficking. From all examined countries only 31 countries are included in 1 Tier.

Like in the previous two years Armenia classified in the first group countries category, which means Armenian government makes every effort to combat human trafficking in match with minimum of international standards.

It is also noteworthy that Armenia is the only country among the former Soviet Union countries which is classified in 1 Tier among such countries as US, Britain, France and Germany.

“The Government of Armenia fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. In 2014, Parliament approved a law establishing standard procedures for the identification, support, protection, and reintegration of suspected and identified trafficking victims across national and local government bodies, NGOs, international organizations, and civil society. The government, however, continued to lack formal victim-witness protection, and fewer victims were identified. Police successfully identified foreign victims trafficked in Armenia and referred them to care. The government maintained strong collaborative working ties with anti-trafficking NGOs, local media, donor organizations, and regional partners. Courts convicted fewer traffickers”, – note Department of States.

With great pleasure “Association of Audio-Visual reporters” NGO’s team congratulate the Republic of Armenia Government, and all those organizations and individuals who had contribution to this result. This is a great success and we keep fighting!

The whole report is available through following link: http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2015/index.htm

You can read the recommendations for RA Government in Armenian by following link -> http://photos.state.gov/libraries/armenia/231771/PDFs/tip2015_arm.pdf

And in English ->  http://photos.state.gov/libraries/armenia/231771/PDFs/tip2015.pdf