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II Declaration of Villa Maria, Cordoba Province, Argentina
With the participation of more than 800 people was held at Villa Maria
the II National Congress of the Interior against Trafficking
Persons 12 and May 13.
Campaign TREATMENT FOR BUENTRATO worked
these issues with students from all 6 th Years of High Schools, public and private
Villa Maria and Villa Nueva (11).
As a result of this conference was made the following statement.
II Declaration of Villa Maria, Cordoba Province of
The Civil Society Organizations and people gathered in
Villa Maria on the occasion of the Second National Congress of Internal Trafficking and Trafficking
12 and May 13, 2011,
reaffirm that expressed in the first "Declaration of Villa Maria"
developed in 2010 and state:
Pre Report of the Special Rapporteur of the UN Trafficking
the
investigations by NGOs during the past year, opinions
INADI and procedures developed by AFIP,
confirm the diagnosis presented in the previous Congress.
It is worth mentioning the following:
1) The institutional mechanism designed from the Ministry of Justice of the Nation
for combating Trafficking in Persons and Victims
assistance, to be composed of persons reported to cooperate criminal
with trafficking networks or improper performance of their duties
is an obstacle to the fight against organized crime
and, far from discouraging, easier to operate.
2) It continues to present a situation of massive and systematic
human rights that affects hundreds of thousands of
highly vulnerable: women, adolescents, children and migrant
, domestic and international, including men. Faced with this crisis
the state does not fully comply with the duties of
guarantee and respect for human rights.
This has been widely denounced by the organizations present, is known
by the authorities and therefore the absence to date of
a National Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons and of
Assistance and Protection of victims is a sign of the existence of
state acquiescence.
3) The levels of impunity in cases related to the
is far too high. Thus, compared to a number that exceeds
2000 people rescued by the authorities, only 20 cases
(approximately) obtained convictions with sentences
very low and without, to date, has been sentenced to a public official
whatsoever. The inadequacy of the Law 26,364, plus the
corruption among security forces, the powerlessness of power Judicial allows
say that judicial remedies are not appropriate, effective and efficient
trafficking cases in Argentina.
4) The pattern of systematic attacks on Human Rights Defenders
working against Trafficking
went so far as the chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, Dr. Aníbal Fernández
publicly assaulting a joint session of Congress
nation that was being televised Defenders who had dared to denounce
internationally
prevailing state of affairs.
Therefore, organizations demand that the three branches of government:
1) What do honor commitments to civil society and with the speed due
, allowing treatment in plenary
reform the current law to about 26,364 people.
2) That the final rulings readdress those who arrived and
amend the penal provisions related to this crime, surpassing
Palermo Protocol, and tailoring the offense to
international human rights conventions ratified by
Argentina, especially those relating to slavery, servitude
, forced labor and exploitation of prostitution of others and increase
penalties commensurate with the gravity of the crime. This
to overcome the impunity, avoiding artificial distinctions end up generating
competition concerns
delay and obstruct the investigations. Human trafficking is a crime
which encompasses not only the recruitment,
recruitment, transfer and harboring of persons for
exploitation, but also the exploitation itself.
people trafficking is a modern form of slavery that must be explained and
categorized according to the definition of slavery
universally accepted, considered a crime against humanity, limitations, and
a peremptory norm of international law which no derogation is permitted
otherwise.
3) which fills a constitutional debt dating back to 1853, and defining as a crime
buying and selling of human beings, paying particular attention to the issue
of trafficking of babies and
right of people to know their identity. In this regard it is imperative to preserve
Genetic Data Bank and to allow free access to
who seek their identity or families looking for
sons and daughters of victims of trafficking who have been appropriated by
traffickers and appropriators.
4) Incorporating flexible mechanisms and summaries for
seizure and confiscation of assets unlawfully incurred as a result of trafficking in people and incorporating measures
to detect and prevent the laundering of assets
. Stipulating the creation of a Special Fund against Trafficking
to administer the seized property and is intended solely
assistance and social reintegration of victims.
is also essential, providing the country with more and better tools to
combating organized crime
reforms should include the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Nation.
5) Incorporating the permanent disqualification for public office
exercise for public officials who have been
convicted of trafficking or slavery, as perpetrators or participants
necessary.
6) To provide for the integration of a committee or Federal Commission against Trafficking
where there is a balance between the powers
Executive, Legislative (represented by the opposition parties) and Judicial
, providing greater participation in the Public Ministry Fiscal
and civil society organizations who work the
issue of trafficking.
7) who believe in law urgently for a "National Program to Fight Against Slavery
and Assistance and Protection of Victims" which clearly states
:
minimum standards of protection and comprehensive assistance that will ensure the reintegration
of victims and ensure
no repetition of the violations suffered. In any case
assistance and protection may be conditioned upon the participation of victims
legal proceedings against the trafficker. It is therefore necessary to design
an "administrative mechanism for determining the condition of human
treated" that could be applied by
Ombudsmen, to ensure that victims do not dare to declare
(which are most ) benefits,
assistance and protection to which they are entitled. It is essential also create
a "review committee risks "with the participation of NGOs,
to compulsorily to intervene after assessing
rescue and protection measures prior to the return or repatriation of trafficked persons
to agree
adequate protection and ensure that they are not returned to places where their lives or physical integrity at risk
. Finally, the National Programme
must include a "monitoring mechanism" of the people treated
have escaped or been rescued, that can be monitored by monitoring organizations
and the organizations of civil society
. The social organizations and government agencies know what
has been the destination and what their situation is the most
approximately 2000 people that the State has
rescued. It is unknown whether they have suffered, if they
again been captured by the networks or in situations of high vulnerability
that put them at risk again.
8) ask the National Congress, in view of high levels of impunity
presented in trafficking cases, has
the creation of a Special Parliamentary Committee to investigate the situation and report
society about the reasons why
judicial mechanisms are not efficient, effective and timely.
9) To suspend from office and allow the trial of Omar
Jorge Fernandez, and police journals or magazines in the division
Trafficking Federal Police and criminal
were reported in cases involving trafficking in persons;
well as police and public officials from different provinces and the Nation
who were and are criminal charges for their involvement in trafficking
, because participants need to commit the crime
or obstructing the course of justice in these cases.
This is without prejudice to the administrative actions that may be applicable
.
10) To be reviewed situation of police officers who have been laid off or separated
investigate charges of human trafficking networks;
and provide protection and facilitate the reporting by members of the
security forces and public officials who want to offer their testimony or report
causes of trafficking.
11) That society is informed the content, duration and scope of
assistance to victims of trafficking;
budget designed to provide such assistance and the fate and status of persons rescued
.
12) showing through mechanisms
intervention in cases of trafficking in persons and to enable NGOs and monitoring bodies
oversee government action in this area and provide them with timely and complete
allowing
assist victims rescued before they are returned to their places of origin.
13) which supports the action of the Rights Defenders
fighting human trafficking,
generated special protection mechanisms for them and punish those officials that
attack, attack, threaten,
discriminate hinder administrative, intelligence or
do interfere with the mail, telephones and computers
organizations, while respecting the constitution and laws,
have a disinterested and necessary work on the issue of trafficking in persons
.
14) That is to allocate more funds for
assistance and protection of victims of slavery in Argentina and are distributed equitably
between provinces and municipalities.
15) The governments must refrain from publishing
advertising in media that promote sexual exploitation of human beings
.
16) agrees to submit this Declaration in the Next Meeting
General Assembly of the Organization of American States, which
Salvador will take place in early June 2011 and request
agree on a site visit to the OAS to take
firsthand knowledge about the situation of human trafficking in Argentina
.
organizations agree to meet again in May 2012 and
stay, from the date on alert and mobilization.
We reserve the right to implement coordinated and networked
so visible to society
our claims set out in this statement, if our demands are not taken into account
.
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