Progress: In progress
Enhance ongoing measures to combat trafficking in persons and exploitation of children and ensure perpetrators are brought to justice
Proponent:
Myanmar
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Remarks to progress by Liga (last modified Dec 31, 2024):
With regard to measures to combat human trafficking, including child trafficking, the Federal Government has set extensive goals in the areas of prevention, victim protection, prosecution and monitoring in its National Action Plan 2021-2023. However, challenges remain, for example, in the identification of trafficked persons in the area of labour exploitation, in the security of residence for trafficked persons and in measures against child trafficking. Austria has clear provisions against human trafficking in its criminal law, including criminal sanctions of up to ten years for serious cases. Nevertheless, law enforcement should be further strengthened and it should be ensured that perpetrators are effectively prosecuted and convicted, while victim protection and access to legal assistance are improved.
