2008-04-11

2008-06-20

WHEREAS the United Republic values dignity of every human person and guarantees respect of individual rights; AND WHEREAS the United Republic recognizes equal rights and inherent human dignity of people as enshrined in the Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania of 1977, and in the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime together with the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, and children and other universally accepted human rights instruments and international conventions to which the United Republic is signatory. AND WHEREAS the United Republic accords highest priority to the enactment of measures and development of programme that promotes human dignity, protects the people from any threat of violence and exploitation, eliminates trafficking in persons and mitigates pressures for involuntary migration and service of persons with a view to ensuring their recovery, rehabilitation and re-integration into the mainstream of the society; AND WHEREAS the United Republic is convinced that despite the existence of a variety of international instruments containing rules and practical measures to combat exploitation of persons, there is a need to put in place a comprehensive legislation to address all aspects of trafficking in persons;