Workshop in Sanaa highlights anti-human trafficking legislation

SANA'A, June 5, 2024 (Saba) – A workshop on combating the law on human trafficking began on Wednesday in the capital Sana'a, organized by the Ministry of Human Rights in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration.

The workshop, with the participation of representatives of relevant government agencies, covered several topics, including the concept of human trafficking and its prevention in light of national legislation, government efforts to combat human trafficking and combating this phenomenon in Islamic law at local and local levels. international levels, in addition to protecting victims of human trafficking under Yemeni law.

In his opening speech at the workshop, Ali al-Dailmi, Minister of Human Rights in the interim government and head of the National Technical Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, emphasized that human trafficking is a growing international phenomenon and constitutes one of the most serious violations of human rights.

Al-Dailmi highlighted the importance of the workshop in activating the law against crimes related to human trafficking and integrating it into broad implementation measures, noting that human trafficking has become a disaster major and a threat to society, especially as it has increased alongside the aggression against Yemen.

Matt Hooper, acting head of the International Organization for Migration mission, welcomed the enactment of a law to combat crimes linked to human trafficking in Yemen, seeing it as proof of conscience and the determination of state leaders in the fight against this dangerous phenomenon.

Hooper explained that anyone involved in human trafficking violates humanitarian laws by forcing people to work with them through various means, exploiting their desperate need for money, noting that the smuggling of irregular migrants in Yemen is attributed to those involved in human trafficking.
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resource: Saba