Agency for the Prevention and Elimination of Trafficking in Persons

Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Year	2019
Type of Measure	Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence	Trafficking

Brief Description

The Agency for the Prevention and Elimination of Trafficking in Persons was created by Presidential Order in 2019 which works to;
1) Implement the National Strategy for the Elimination of Trafficking in Persons in DRC
2) Popularize the regulations on Trafficking in Persons as well as national and international cooperation framework
3) Lead legal actions to fight impunity

Source of Information

The Government of Democrtic Republic of the Congo's submission for the 2022 Secretary General’s Report on the implementation of the General Assembly Resolutions on Trafficking in Women and Girls