Statement of Luxembourg at the March 15 Debate on Forced Labour
General, Protection
It is mainly women and children who are targeted, and the international community must assume its responsibility to protect these populations.
The Rome Statute identifies trafficking in persons, women and children in particular, as a crime against humanity when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population and with knowledge of the attack. Justice, by its punitive and dissuasive nature, is indispensable to our collective action.
SGBV
A draft law that aims to punish the clients of victims of trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation is being considered by Parliament. Let us recall here the words (see S/PV.7685) of Ms. Nadia Murad Basee Taha, who exposed the sexual slavery perpetrated by Da’esh against civilian populations, in particular Yazidis in Iraq.