A/RES/71/167. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2016

• Resolution Number: A/RES/71/167
• Year: 2016
• Session: 71st
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/71/167

General Assembly

Distr.: General

2 February 2017

Seventy-first session

Agenda item 27

16-21874 (E)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2016

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/71/477)]

71/167 . Trafficki ng in w omen a nd girl s

The General Assembly ,

Reit erating its strong co ndemnat ion of traff icking i n p ersons, espe cially

wome n and c hildren, which cons titutes a ser ious cr ime and a grave offenc e to

huma n di gnity and physic al in tegrity, a v iolatio n and abu se o f hum an r ights and a

chall enge to sustai nable deve lopment an d w hich requi res the implem entation of a

comp rehensiv e app roach that inc ludes mea sures t o pre vent s uch tra fficking , to

pros ecute and punis h t he trafficke rs a nd to p rotect the vic tims of such traffi cking

and a crimin al justi ce respo nse prop ortion ate to t he serio us natur e of the offence ,

Reca lling all in ternatio nal c onventi ons t hat de al sp ecifical ly wi th an d add ress

issu es rele vant t o the problem of t raffickin g in women and g irls, s uch as the United

Nati ons C onventio n aga inst Transn ational Org anized Cri me

1

and th e Pro tocols

ther eto, in partic ular the Prot ocol to Prev ent, Suppre ss and Punis h Tr affickin g i n

Pers ons, Es peciall y Women and C hildren, s uppleme nting t he Uni ted Na tions

Conv ention aga inst Transn ational Or ganized Cr ime,

2

and th e Protoco l against th e

Smug gling of Mig rants by Land , Sea and Air, supp lementi ng the United N ations

Conv ention ag ainst Trans nationa l Orga nized Cri me,

3

the Co nventio n on th e

Elimi nation of All Forms of Disc riminati on aga inst Wo men

4

and th e Opti onal

Proto col the reto,

5

the Conv ention o n the R ights of the Chi ld

6

and the Opti onal

Proto col thereto on the sale of childr en, c hild prostit ution and child porn ography,

7

and the Conv ention for the Sup pressio n of the Tra ffic i n Pers ons a nd of th e

Expl oitation o f the Prost itution o f Others,

8

as we ll as releva nt resolut ions of the

Gene ral Asse mbly, the Econo mic and Social Council and its functio nal com mission s

and t he Huma n Right s Counc il on th e issue,

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1

United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2225, No. 39574.

2

Ibid., vol. 2237, No. 39574.

3

Ibid., vol. 2241, No. 39574.

4

Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378.

5

Ibid., vol. 2131, No. 20378.

6

Ibid., vol. 1577, No. 27531.

7

Ibid., vol. 2171, No. 27531.

8

Ibid., vol. 96, No. 1342.