Glossary of Acronyms

Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Report

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ECCAS

Economic Community of Central African States

ECOWAS

Economic Community of West African States

ECPAT

End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for SexualPurposes

EU

European Union

EUROPOL

European Police Organization

GRETA

Europe’s Council Group of Experts on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings

ILO

International Labour Organization

ILO-IPEC

International Labour Organization, International Program for the Elimination of Child Labour

INTERPOL

International Criminal Police Organization

IOM

International Organization for Migration

LGBT

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization

OAS

Organization of American States

OSCE

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

UN

United Nations

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

UN Women

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

UNODC

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

2000 UN TIP Protocol (Palermo Protocol)

Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime