Oman hosts Arab experts' meeting

The meeting of Arab experts to discuss the phenomenon of human trafficking due to existing conflicts began under the patronage of Hamad bin Khamis Al-Ameri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Manpower for Labour Affairs.
The two-day meeting is hosted by Oman's National Commission on Human Trafficking (NCHT) in collaboration with UN Office on Drugs and Crime for GCC States, according to Oman News Agency (ONA).

The meeting comes within the framework of the Arab initiative to build national capacity to combat human trafficking in the Arab countries, which aims to support and develop the Arab system involved in combating this phenomenon, according to United Nations relevant standards and conventions.

The meeting aims to provide standards, guidelines, statistics and studies by the United Nations about the human trafficking crimes and mechanism to address the new forms for these crimes because of ongoing conflicts. 

The meeting also aims to support the national, regional and non-regional cooperation and communication, among the concerned authorities and law enforcement agencies and the concerned victim-referring authorities.

The meeting hosts (16) participants from various Arab countries and (10) experts to exchange views on best ways to deal with the new forms of the phenomenon of human trafficking due to existing conflicts, and best practices for referral of victims, according to the best systems, ONA reported.
 

Source: BNA