International partnership for better data on trafficking in persons

Jun 17, 2025 | 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Ground Floor & Floors 3-5, Niagra Building

Description

This parallel session will display innovative approaches and practices to collect, share and report data on trafficking in persons developed jointly by the leading organizations conducting international research on trafficking in persons; ILO, IOM and UNODC. On the base of the experiences UNODC has developed on the UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, the International Organization for Migration Counter Trafficking Database, the two agencies have developed a new system of indicators and practices on administrative data on trafficking in persons to support national institutions to improve the data recording, the IC-TiP. In March 2025, the UN Statistical Commission has endorsed the IC-TiP that has joined the family of the International Classifications. At the same time, over the years, the research community has registered great progress in the field of estimating the prevalence of trafficking in persons. The variety of research approaches and statistical definitions adopted resulted in studies that are not comparable over time and geography. To fill this gap, the ILO, IOM and UNODC are working towards common approach as well as comprehensive methodologies to estimate the prevalence of trafficking in persons for forced labour. Moderator: Fabrizio Sarrica, Research Officer, UNODC Speakers: - Ambassador Namira Negm, Director of the African Migration Observatory, African Union - Stine Laursen, Senior Data Analyst, IOM - Gady Saiovici, Senior Economist, ILO