Committee: Human Rights Council

Question of: Human Trafficking in the Middle East

Main Submitter: United Kingdom
Co-submitters: Saudi Arabia, Spain, Chile
Notes that 13 million migrant workers in the Middle East are vulnerable to human trafficking;
Alarmed that the minimum estimated number of persons in forced labour, including sexual exploitation
as a result of human trafficking in the Middle East and North Africa is 230, 000;
Aware that the annual profits made from the exploitation of all trafficked force labours in the Middle
East and North Africa are US$1.5 billion;
Deeply disturbed that a total of 275 injuries in child camel jockeys were reported within 1992 to 2003
in Qatar;
Concerned that human trafficking generates over 5% profits in Middle Eastern countries;
1. Urges all member nations to sign and abide the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish
Trafficking in Persons especially Women and Children;
2. Calls upon all member nations to provide anti-trafficking law enforcement statistics to the UNODC
twice a year and failure to do so will result in ways such as but not limited to:
a. Trade embargoes,
b. Penalties;
3. Encourages UNOs such as UNICEF to help set up rehabilitation centres in affected countries to
work towards psychologically and physically treating victims who are suffering from the aftermath
of human trafficking in ways such as but not limited to:
a. Family tracing and reunification,
b. Post-traumatic stress disorder counselling,
c. Medical aid;
4. Calls for proper measures to be taken in order to strengthen border controls in ways such as but
not limited to:
a. Ensuring that border control agencies have sufficient staff,
b. Ascertaining that all travel documents shown are valid and, in accordance with domestic law,
take measures to provide for sanctions in case of violation in ways such as but not limited to:
i.
Travel bans,
ii.
Fines,
c. Preventing corruption in border control agencies;
5. Requests that member nations take strict action against human traffickers through the judicial
process while upholding the principles of the Islamic Sharia Law in ways such as but not limited to:
a. Prison sentences,
b. Fines;
6. Strongly recommends the participation of all member nations in the Blue Heart Campaign to
raise awareness in general public and advocate support for the fight against Human Trafficking by
methods such as but not limited to:
a. Web sites, radio and television programmes,
b. Conferences and seminars,
c. Newsletters;
7. Emphasizes the need of enforcement of anti-trafficking laws in member states in the Middle East
that establish attempting to commit human trafficking, participating as an accomplice in human
trafficking and directing other persons to commit human trafficking as a criminal offence;

8. Decides to remain actively seized in the matter.