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Ukraine Adopts Amendments to Criminal Code Criminalizing Trafficking

Monday, February 6, 2006 1:15 PM

It was reported that today, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (parliament) adopted amendments to Article 149 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which criminalises trafficking in human beings. The amendments were adopted by way of 270 votes in favour. The amendments seek to bring Ukraine in line with the commitments resulting from signing the Additional Protocol to the UN Transnational Organised Crime Convention, on the Prevention and Suppression of Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and Children (otherwise known as the "Palermo Protocol"), 2000.

Cited in: "Ukraine Adopts Amendments to Criminal Code Criminalizing Trafficking in Human Beings", Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, January 2006.

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