Human Trafficking Update

The House of Lords and House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights published its 21st report of session 2006-07, Human Trafficking: Update Report (HL Paper 179, HC 1056) on 18 October. One of its main recommendations is that the Council of Europe Convention on Human Trafficking be ratified as early as possible and that the Government announce a target date for ratification and publish a ratification plan, to concentrate minds across Whitehall on the necessary action and guard against slippage. For a full summary of the report see December [2007] Fam Law.