Definitions

Term	Definition
Trafficking in human beings	According to the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons especially Women and Children, supplementing the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (2000) “Trafficking in persons” shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs. (Article 3 (a)).The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of a child for the purpose of exploitation shall be considered “trafficking persons” even if this does not involve any of the means set forth subparagraph (a) of this article; (Article3 (c)).“Child” shall mean any person less than eighteen years of age. (Article 3 (d)
Smuggling	According to the UN Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000) “Smuggling of migrants” shall mean: The procurement to obtain, directly, or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit, of the illegal entry of a person into a State party of which the person is not a national or a permanent resident. (Article 3 (a)).
Victim of crime	According to the UN Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power (1985) “Victims” means persons who, individually or collectively, have suffered harm, including physical or mental injury, emotional suffering, economic loss or substantial impairment of their fundamental rights, through acts or omissions that are in violation of criminal laws operative within Member States, including those laws proscribing criminal abuse of power. (Para 1.).A person may be considered a victim, under this Declaration, regardless of whether the perpetrator is identified, apprehended, prosecuted or convicted and regardless of the familial relationship between the perpetrator and the victim. The term "victim" also includes, where appropriate, the immediate family or dependants of the direct victim and persons who have suffered harm in intervening to assist victims in distress or to prevent victimization (Para 2).
Forced labour	According to the ILO Forced Labour Convention No. 29 (1930) the term “forced or compulsory labour” shall mean all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily (Article 2.1)
Slavery	According to Article 1 of the UN Slavery Convention (1926), slavery is the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised.According to the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, n. 226 (1956) institutions and practices, such as debt bondage, serfdom, forced marriage, exploitation of children, should be abolished, whether or not covered by the definition of slavery contained in article 1 of the Slavery Convention (1926).
Debt bondage	According to Article 1a. of the UN Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade and Institutions and Practices similar to Slavery (1956), the status or condition arising from a pledge by a debtor of his personal services or of those of a person under his control as security for a debt, if the value of those services as reasonably assessed is not applied towards the liquidation of the debt or the length and nature of those services are not respectively limited and defined.
Servitude	According to Article 1b. of the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and PracticesSimilar to Slavery (1956) the condition or status of a tenant who is by law, custom or agreement bound to live and labour on land belonging to another person and to render some determinate service to such other person, whether for reward or not, and is not free to change his status.
Gender	Gender means the differences between women and men within and between cultures that are socially and culturally constructed and change over time. These differences are reflected in: roles, responsibilities, access to resources, constraints, opportunities, needs, perceptions, views, etc. held by both women and men. Thus, gender is not a synonym for women, but considers both women and men and their interdependent relationships. (Caroline Moser, Gender Planning and Development: Theory, Practice and Training, 1993).