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Coordination of Anti-Trafficking Responses and cooperation with Civil Society in GermanyThe Federal Working Group: Trafficking in Persons
Issues to be covered
l The Federal Systeml The role of the Federal Governmentl The role of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
l The Federal Working Group Trafficking in Persons
l Civil Society – KOK e.V.l The Telephone Helpline “Violence against Women”
l Challenges for the future
The Federal System16 Länder Länder are responsible
for e.g.
• Police• Provision of support
system• Administration of social
law, residence law• Courts (prosecution,
judges)
Federal Government cannot fulfill these tasks (German Constitution)
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The role of the Federal Governmentl Legislative initiatives (Federal law breaks Länder law) in the areas of legislative competence defined in the constitution, e.g.– Penal law– Migration law– Labour law
l The Federal Government is therefore responsible for setting the legal framework
The role of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Coordinating Ministry on the Federal Level for anti-
trafficking policy measures
Manager of the Federal Working Group “Trafficking in
Persons”
Responsible for support system to extent of federal
competence, e.g.
.
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Responsible for measures to fight violence against women
Action Plan II of the Federal Government to combat
violence against women, which includes measures
against trafficking in women
Action Plans in the area of combatting sexual
exploitation of children
Members of The Federal Working Group: Trafficking in Persons (founded in 1997)
Federal Ministries and Offices
• Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (manager)
• Interior• Justice• Foreign Affairs• Economic Cooperation and Development• Labour and Social Affairs• Federal Criminal Police
Technical conferences of the
Länder Ministries of
• Interior• Labour and social affairs• Justice• Gender Equality
Civil Society
• KOK e.V. (German NGO network against trafficking in women and violence against migrant women)
• German Institute for Human Rights• Co-ordination group of the German
Welfare Organisations represented by the Diakonische Werk
Tasks of the Federal Working Group Trafficking in Women
continuous exchange of information on the numerous activities
going on in the Federal Laender and in the national and
international bodies,
analysis of the concrete problems in combating trafficking
in women,
elaboration of recommendations
and, if appropriate, joint campaigns to combat trafficking.
The BKA (Federal Criminal Police) Annual Situation Report Trafficking in Persons (since 1994):A major source of information on trends
Purpose
• Provide a compact summary of current information on and developments within the field of human trafficking
• Enable police and political decision makers to assess the threat and changing patterns in trafficking in human beings
• Thus enable decision makers to base policies on facts and focus on urgent necessities
Methodology
• based on the offences in the German Criminal Code
• Sections relevant are:• § 232 StGB Trafficking for
the purpose of sexual exploitation
• § 233 StGB Trafficking for the purpose of exploitation of labor
• Since 2005 report draws exclusively on concluded investigations
German nationwide activist coordination group combatting trafficking in women and violence against women in the process of migration
German NGO network and coordination office against trafficking in human beings
37 member organizations (representing all service providing organizations in Germany in the
area of trafficking in persons)
A unique network representing a broad variety of different groups,
including faith-based organizations and sex workers
rights groups
KOK transforms the experiences from grass root counselling
centers into political strategies
Informs policy makers, scientists, civil society, governmental and
intergovernmental stakeholders on the complexity of anti-
trafficking policies and guarantees knowledge transfers at different
levels
Funded by the Federal Government to have one partner to interact on the NGO side and
get independent specialist knowledge from the practical
field
• support for all forms of gender based violence
• 24/7• free of charge• confidential & anonymously• specialized female staff• accessible to people with disabilities
and use of interpreters
Start:
March 6th 2013
www.hilfetelefon.de
Violence Against Women Support Hotline
Challenges in the future
l Continuously check whether the system fulfills the requirements of the EU Anti Trafficking Directive 36/2011
l Continuously check whether the actors in the field of trafficking change – new partners needed?
Thank you very much for your attentionAny questions?
Dr. Birgit SchweikertHead of division403 „Protecting Women from violence “Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and YouthGlinkastr. 24D- 10117 [email protected]@bmfsfj.bund.de
Nicole Zü[email protected]