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Council of Ministers Approves Draft Human Trafficking Law in Cambodia

The Council of Ministers approved on 24 August 2007 the draft law on Combating Human Trafficking and Sexual Trade and will submit it to the National Assembly for a vote, according to a statement.

The new draft was prepared by the Ministry of Justice to replace the current law on Suppression of Kidnapping, Trafficking, Sale and Exploitation of Human Persons, which was passed by the National Assembly in 1996, the Council of Ministers statement said. The new draft “aims to crack down on human trafficking and the act of sexual trade to protect the rights and morality of humans,” the statement said. Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana that he was too busy to comment on the draft law.

Adapted from: Kuch Naren and James Welsh. "Government OKs Anti-human trafficking draft law." The Cambodia Daily. 25-26 August 2007; Issue: 493; Pg: 3. (Source: UNIAP Cambodia).