Implementation of international standards for prevention of human trafficking in migration control: Colombia (2015)

Abstract

The present document makes an analysis of international regulations to identify standards in the prevention of human trafficking and the specific obligations of States to combat this crime at migratory level. For this purpose, a review is made of the internal incorporation of international standards and what has been the instrumentalization of the same, and the policies that have been proposed for this. The methodology was qualitative, based on documentary analysis, contrasting with the standard identified for the implemented policies. Although the initial approach would predict a rather negative balance, there are positive aspects to be highlighted in the state measures referred to the protocols of the procedures of migratory authorities and the victims, regarding the integral reparation. However, there remains to have a more committed role from the point of view of incorporating the fight against human trafficking as a missionary task in migration agencies, and state attention of the structural causes that generate this crime.