How to Read a Country Narrative

/V^[V9LHKH*V\U[Y`5HYYH[P]L This page shows a sample country narrative. The Prosecution, Protection, and Prevention sections of each country narrative describe how a government has or has not addressed the relevant TVPA minimum standards (see page 388), during the reporting period. This truncated narrative gives a few examples. The country’s tier ranking is based on the government’s eIIorts against traIÀcking as measured by the TVPA TVPA Minimum minimum standards. Standard 4(2) – whether the government adequately protects victims of trafmcLing by identifying 7YV[LJ[PVU COUNTRY X (Tier 2 Watch List) them and ensuring they have Country X made minimal progress in protecting victims of access to necessary Country X is a transit and destination country for men trafficking during the reporting period. Although health and women subjected to forced labor and, to a much lesser care facilities reportedly refer suspected abuse cases to the services. extent, forced prostitution. Men and women from South and government anti-trafficking shelter for investigation, tthehe Southeast Asia, East Africa, and the Middle East voluntarily governmentgovernment continues to lacklack a systematicsystematic procedureprocedure forfor lawlaw travel to Country X as laborers and domestic servants, but enforcement to identify victims of trafficking among vulnerablee some subsequently face conditions indicative of involuntary populations,populations, such as foreign workers awaiting deportation and servitude. These conditions include threats of serious harm, women arrested for prostitution; as a result, victims may be including threats of legal action and deportation; withholding punished and automatically deported without being identified ProÀOe oI Summary of the of pay; restrictions on freedom of movement, including the as victims or offered protection. The government reportedrerep human government’s confiscation of passports and travel documents and physical, that the MOI has a process by which it refers victimsim to the traIÀcking efforts to ensure mental, and sexual abuse. In some cases, arriving migrant trafficking shelter; however, this process is underutilizederu in in recent that trafÀcking workers have found that the terms of employment in Country practice.practice. The trafficking shelter assisted 24 individuals during years. victims are X are wholly different from those they agreed to in their home the reporting period and provided them with a wide range of countries. Individuals employed as domestic servants are services, including full medical treatment and legal and job identiÀed particularly vulnerable to trafficking since they are not covered assistance. Country X commonly fines andnd detains potential and provided under the provisions of the labor law. Country X is also a trafficking victims for unlawful acts committedi as a direct result adequate destination for women who migrate and become involved in of beingbeing trafficked,trafficked, suc suchh as as immi immigrationgration vio violationslations anandd runninrunningg protection. prostitution, but the extent to which these women are subjected awayaway fromfrom theirtheir sponsors,sponsors, withoutwithout determiningdetermining whetherwhether thethe to forced prostitution is unknown. TVPA Minimum individualsindividuals are vvictimsictims ooff tratrafficking.fficking. Standard 4(10) – The Government of Country X doeswhether not fully the governmentcomply with Country X sometimes offers temporary relief from deportation the minimum standards for the showselimination evidence of trafficking; of overall so that victims can testify as witnesses against their employers. however, it is making significant effortsincreasing to do so.efforts. Although However, victims were generally not permitted to leave the government has not yet enacted necessary anti-trafficking the country if there is a pending case. The governmentgovernment legislation, during the reporting period it reaffirmed its Synopsis of did not routinelroutinelyy encouraencouragege victims to assist in traffickintraffickingg commitment to this goal over the next year. DDespiteespite thesethese government investigationsinvestigations or consistentlconsistentlyy offeroffer victims alternatives to efforts,efforts, the ggovernmentovernment did not show evidence of overall efforts. removalremoval to countries where theythey maymay faceface retribution oror progressprogress in prosecutingprosecuting and punishingpunishing traffickingtrafficking ooffendersffenders hardship.hardship. and identiidentifyingfying victims ooff tratrafficking;fficking; theretherefore,fore, CountrCountryy XX is plplacedaced on Tier 2 WatcWatchh List. 7YL]LU[PVU TVPA Minimum Recommendations for Country X: Enact the draft Country X made modest progress in preventing trafficking Standard 4(3) – comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation; significantly in persons during the reporting period. In March, Country X Guidance whether the government increase efforts to investigate and prosecuteTVPA trafficking Minimum offenses, hosted a two-day regional workshop meant to establish dialog on how the is maLing adequate efforts and convict and punish trafficking offenders;Standards institute 1-3 – and between scholars, government officials, and stakeholders; to government to prevent human consistently apply formal procedureswhether to identify the government victims of discuss regional and international efforts to combat TIP; and ;9(--0*205.057,9:65:9,769; can improve its trafmcLing. trafficking among vulnerable groups,prohibits such as allthose forms arrested of how to help victims. While the governmentgovernment made no apparentapparent performance for immigration violations or prostitution;trafmcLing and and prescribes collect, efforteffort to amenamendd pprovisionsrovisions ooff CountrCountryy XX‘s‘s ssponsorshipponsorship lawlaw and obtain adequate criminal disaggregate, analyze and disseminate counter-trafficking – enactedenacted in MarchMarch 2009 – to helphelp preventprevent thethe forcedforced llaborabor a better tier punishments. law enforcement data. of migrantmigrant workers,workers, thethe governmentgovernment did start to enforceenforce ranking. otherother ppartsarts ooff the law to the benebenefitfit ooff mimigrantgrant workers.workers. One provision in the sponsorship law continues to require foreign Summary of the 7YVZLJ\[PVU workers to request exit permits from their sponsors in order government’s The Government of Country X made minimal efforts to to leave Country X. Although this may increase migrant efforts to investigate and prosecute trafficking offenses during the workers’ vulnerability to forced labor, the law created a new prevent human reporting period. CountryCountry X does not prohibitprohibit all acts ofof process through which a laborer who was not granted an exit trafÀcking. trafficking,trafficking, butbut it it criminalizes criminalizes slaver slaveryy underunder Section Section 321 321 and and permit due to a sponsor’s refusal or other circumstances can forced labor under Section 322 of its criminal law. The prescribedprescribed seek one by other means. The government has a national penaltypenalty for forced labor – upup to six months’ imprisonmentimprisonment – is plan of action to address trafficking in persons, but did not Summary not susufficientlyfficiently strin stringent.gent. ArticleArticle 297297 pprohibitsrohibits forcedforced or or coerced coerced publicly disseminate the plan or take steps to implement it of the prostitution,prostitution, and the prostitutionprostitution ofof a child below ageage 15 even during the reporting period. The governmentgovernment did not take anyany government’s ifif there was no compulsioncompulsion or redress; the pprescribedrescribed ppenaltyenalty publicpublic awareness campaignscampaigns aimed at reducingreducing the demand OegaO structure isis upup to 15 years’years’ imprisonment,imprisonment, whichwhich isis commensurate withwith forfor commercial sex acts in CountryCountry X,X, but the governmentgovernment and Oaw penaltiespenalties prescribedprescribed for other serious crimes, such as rape.rape. undertookundertook publicpublic awareness campaigns,campaigns, butbut thethe governmentgovernment enforcement Draft revisions to the penal code have not yet been enacted. convictedconvicted two ofof its nationalsnationals forfor solicitingsoliciting childrenchildren forfor sex in efforts against An unconfirmed reportreport indicatesindicates thatthat fourfour traffickerstraffickers werewere otherother countries and sentenced them to 10 years’years’ imprisonment.imprisonment. human chargedcharged with fraudulentlyfraudulently issuinissuingg visas to workers who theythey trafÀcking. thenthen exploited.exploited. Two were reportedly deported, and two were reportedly convicted. The government did not confirm nor deny the existence of this case. The governmentgovernment did not reportreport TVPA Minimum anyany investigations,investigations, prosecutions,prosecutions, convictions,convictions, or sentences forfor Standard 4(11) – traffickingtrafficking comcomplicityplicity ofof ppublicublic officialsofficials.. whether the government TVPA Minimum has made efforts to reduce the Standard 4(7) – whether demand for commercial sex acts, TVPA Minimum the government has made and, if applicable, participation Standard 4(1) – whether the adequate efforts to address in international sex tourism by government vigorously investigates the involvement in or facilitation its nationals. and prosecutes trafmcLing offenses

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