REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, VIENNA -- States must do more to fulfill their commitments to prevent and punish human trafficking, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov said here on Tuesday.

Speaking on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Fedotov said international frameworks defining what should be done must be backed by concrete national prioritization and engagement, and that international cooperation should be enhanced.

The Protocol, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2000 and entered into force in 2003, was a major step forward in the fight against modern slavery.

For the first time, an international instrument called for all acts of human trafficking to be criminalized, including trafficking for sexual exploitation, forced labour, organ removal, domestic servitude or slavery-like practices.

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