What is Human Trafficking?
Laws, Policies, and Regulations on Human Trafficking
Federal Laws
- Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 0f 2017 (January 9, 2019)
- Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 (January 8, 2019)
- Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017 (December 21, 2018)
- Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017 (December 21, 2018)
- Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015) (May 29, 2015)
- National Defense Authorization Act FY2013, Title XVII, “Ending Trafficking in Government Contracting”
- Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Title XII of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013) (March 7, 2013)
- William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (December 23, 2008)
- Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (January 10, 2006)
- Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 (December 19, 2003)
- U.S. Leadership on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (May 27, 2003)
- Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (PROTECT Act) (April 30, 2003)
- Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (October 28, 2000)
- 18 USC Chapter 77: Peonage, Slavery and Trafficking in Persons Statutes (Sec 1581-1597)
Military-Related Laws and Materials
- UCMJ Article 134
- Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA)
- Operational Law Handbook
- DoDI 2200.01 – Combating Trafficking in Persons
- DoDI 5525.11 – MEJA
- Manual for Courts Martial (2019)
Policies
Executive Orders and Presidential Directives
- Executive Order 14017 on America’s Supply Chains (2021)
- Executive Order 13903 on Combating Human Trafficking & Online Child Exploitation in the United States (2020)
- Executive Order 13773 Enforcing Federal Law with Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking (2017)
- Executive Order 13818 Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption (2017)
- Executive Order 13627 Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts (2012)
- Executive Order 13581 Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations (2011)
- Executive Order 13387 - Uniform Code of Military Justice Article 134 (2005)
- Executive Order 13257 President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor & Combat Trafficking in Persons (2002)
- National Security Presidential Directive 22 on Combating Trafficking in Persons (2002)
- Executive Order 13126 Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor (1999)
DoD Instructions
- Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 2200.01, 2019 “Combating Trafficking in Persons (CTIP)”
- Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5525.11, 2005 “Criminal Jurisdiction Over Civilians Employed By or Accompanying the Armed Forces Outside the United, States, Certain Service Members, and Former Service Members”
- Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000.72, 2020 “DoD Standard for Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) Certification”
DoD Memos
- Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Trafficking in Persons, 2004
- Deputy Secretary of Defense memo, Combating Trafficking in Persons, 2004
- Secretary of Defense memo, Combating Trafficking in Persons, 2004
- Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness memo, Awareness Training for Combating Trafficking in Persons, 2004
- Under Secretaries of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and Acquisition, Technology and Logistics memo, CTIP training for Acquisition personnel, 2014
- Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness memo, CTIP General Awareness training, 2018
Regulations
- Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Subpart 22.17
- FAR CTIP Clause 52.222-50
- FAR Combating Trafficking in Persons - Definition of Recruitment Fees
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), Subpart 222.17
- DFARS Procedures, Guidance, and Instruction (PGI), Part 222.17
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 2, Part 175
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