The Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons publishes its 2022 Annual Report

In March 2023, The Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) published its 2022 Annual Report. It is produced by the co-chairs of the group in 2022, UNODC and ICMPD. The report covers the progress made by ICAT members towards the implementation of the Group’s Plan of Action.

The pledges made by the co-chairs were to advance on several priority areas including among others:

• The inclusion of survivors’ voices
• Multi-stakeholder collaboration
• Knowledge production and dissemination
• Preventing trafficking in persons in procurement
• Reinforcing existing partnerships
• Closer coordination with and at the field level
• Continuing to shape the development of multilateral policy on trafficking in persons

It is under these challenging circumstances that ICAT decided to put a resolute focus on addressing vulnerability to trafficking in persons in humanitarian crises and conflicts without losing sight of the initial commitments detailed at the onset of our tenure as co-chairs.

Immediately after the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine and the numerous policy implications that have arisen since then, an ad hoc Policy Support Group was established, allowing all 31 ICAT entities to share and coordinate their policy work in response to humanitarian crises and conflicts. ICAT also put trafficking in persons into perspective during the joint ICMPD-ICAT discussion entitled Beyond the Short Term: How to address vulnerability to Trafficking in Persons in the context of lasting crises, organized on the margins of the 2022 Vienna Migration Conference. Furthermore, a Joint Call to Action, endorsed by ICAT Principals in December 2022, called for stronger action and cooperation to counter human trafficking in humanitarian crises and conflicts.

Find more information about the 2022 ICAT actions and the full text and figures of the report here.