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Human trafficking in Canada is prohibited by law, and is considered a criminal offence whether it occurs entirely within Canada or involves the "transporting of persons across Canadian borders. Public Safety Canada (PSC) defines human trafficking as "the recruitment, transportation, harbouring and/or exercising control, direction or influence ...
Human trafficking. Status: In force. An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons) (French: Loi modifiant le Code criminel (traite des personnes), commonly known as Bill C-310) is a statute passed by the Canadian Parliament in 2012. [1] It amended the Criminal Code to enable the Government of Canada to prosecute Canadians for ...
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum sentence for offences involving trafficking of persons under the age of eighteen years) [1] (French: Loi modifiant le Code criminel (peine minimale pour les infractions de traite de personnes âgées de moins de dixhuit ans)) was a private member's bill that was enacted on June 29, 2010, by the 40th Canadian Parliament. [2]
31 May 2021. Status: Current legislation. The Combating Human Trafficking Act, 2021 (Bill 251, 2021; French: Loi de 2021 sur la lutte contre la traite des personnes) is a law in the province of Ontario that aims to fight human trafficking in the province.
As in other countries, debates around human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation often dominate the larger debate on prostitution. These debates tend to be highly emotive and controversial, examples of which occurred following the Supreme Court's 2013 decision regarding the unconstitutional nature of Canada's prostitution laws.
The Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons ( OCTIP) is a government agency responsible for coordinating efforts to address human trafficking in British Columbia, Canada. [ 1] The focus of OCTIP's mandate is human rights, specifically those of the victims of human trafficking. [ 2] OCTIP formed in 2007, making British Columbia the first ...
Physicians for Human Rights. Polaris, a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that works to combat and prevent modern day slavery and human trafficking. PREDA Foundation, a charitable organization that was founded in Olongapo City, Philippines, in 1974. Prerana, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that works in the red-light districts of ...
Canada (AG) v Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 SCR 1101 is a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the Canadian law of sex work. [ 2 ][ 3 ] The applicants, Terri-Jean Bedford, Amy Lebovitch and Valerie Scott, argued that Canada's prostitution laws were unconstitutional. [ 4 ] The Criminal Code included a number of provisions, such as ...