Resources
We’ve gathered an extensive list of current laws, research, databases, books, and films that will help educate and empower individuals to stand against human trafficking. Select a category to view the resources.
Laws
- U.S. Laws on Trafficking in Persons
- United Nations’ Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons (2000)
- UNOHCHR – “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”
- Texas Laws
- Texas HB 2096 (Tex. Penal Code §20A.02 ) (2003)
Establishes trafficking as a second-degree felony with a sentence of two to 20 years imprisonment. If the persons trafficked or transported are under the age of 14, or if the commission of the offense results in death, the offense is a first-degree felony with a sentence of five to 99 years imprisonment.
Books
Films and Documentaries
Research
- US Department of State: Trafficking in Persons Report 2014
- US Department of Labor – “List of Good Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor”
- ILO – “Prevention and Elimination of Bonded Labour: The Potential and Limits of Microfinance-led Approaches”
- ILO – “Profits and Poverty: The Economics of Forced Labour”
- UNODC – “Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2014”
- Urban Institute – “Understanding the Organization, Operation, and Victimization Process of Labor Trafficking in the United States”
- Texas DPS – “2014 Assessing the Threat of Human Trafficking in Texas”
- Texas Attorney General – “The Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Task Force Report 2014”
- Children at Risk – “The State of Human Trafficking in Texas”
- Children at Risk – “83rd Texas Legislature: Human Trafficking”
Databases
- National Human Trafficking Resource Center
- Polaris Project – Global Modern Slavery Database
- Children at Risk – Human Trafficking Database (No Link)
- UNODC – Human Trafficking Case Law Database
- UNICRI – Bibliography on Trafficking in Persons