Key Components of the Palermo Protocol on Trafficking

What are the three parts of the Palermo Protocol definition of human trafficking?

Moving a person across international borders

Using abuse, debt, or deception

For political gain

Using imprisonment

Holding or transporting a person

For financial gain

The Palermo Protocol, formally known as the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, defines human trafficking through three key components:

1. Act: This refers to the actions involved in trafficking, such as recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receiving a person.

2. Means: This includes the methods used to achieve the act, which can involve the use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power, or a position of vulnerability.

3. Purpose: This pertains to the intended outcome of the trafficking, which is typically for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation can include various forms such as sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery, or practices similar to slavery.

Based on your options, the relevant parts of the Palermo Protocol definition of human trafficking would be:

• Holding or transporting a person (related to the "Act")
• Using abuse, debt, or deception (related to the "Means")
• For financial gain (related to the "Purpose")

The other options you provided do not align with the Palermo Protocol's definition.