Drugs Crime and Terrorism
Acknowledgements
The Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2022 (GLOTIP) was prepared by the UNODC Crime Research Section under the supervision of Jean-Luc Lemahieu Director of the Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs Angela Me Chief of the Research and Trend Analysis Branch (RAB) and Sonya Yee Senior Coordinator at RAB.
Preface
This 7th edition of the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons captures our world at a fragile tipping point.
Introduction – Trafficking in Persons in a changing world
The 7th edition of the UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons which has been published since 2009 arrives to a world in turmoil. The Covid-19 pandemic economic crises conflict forced displacement and climate change have altered and continue to shape the life of the human community. These stressors and drivers of insecurity have left more people vulnerable to exploitation and trafficking in persons even as efforts to detect victims and criminal justice responses are falling short.
Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2022
The 2022 UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons is the seventh of its kind mandated by the General Assembly through the 2010 United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. This edition of the Global Report provides a snapshot of the trafficking patterns and flows detected during the COVID-19 pandemic. It covers 141 countries and provides an overview of the response to the trafficking in persons at global regional and national levels by analysing trafficking cases detected between 2018 and 2021. A major focus of this edition of the Report is on trends of detections and convictions that show important changes compared to historical trends since UNODC started to collect data in 2003.
Status of multilateral arms regulation and disarmament agreements
The most up-to-date information on disarmament treaties including their status of adherence are available at the Disarmament Treaties Database of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
Foreword
Welcome to Part II of the 2021 United Nations Disarmament Yearbook. Since 1976 this annual flagship publication of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs has provided comprehensive objective information for diplomats and the interested public on multilateral efforts to advance the cause of peace through the regulation control and elimination of weapons.