Joint Ministerial Decree on the modalities of coordination between the national cost guards’ authority, the national gendarmerie, the general directorate of national security and the general directorate of customs in the land and coast inspection/control

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The Ministerial Decree aims at identifying the modalities of coordination between the different authorities concerned with land and coast inspection/control in Algeria, namely the national cost guards’ authority, the national gendarmerie, the general directorate of national security and the general directorate of customs. This include implementing joint patrols, arresting and penalizing all types of offenders and law breakers (drug dealers, organized crimes, terrorists, illegal transportation activities, etc..).

Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2017-2020

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The 2017-2020 crisis response plan covers various sectors and aims to provide humanitarian assistance and protection to the most vulnerable displaced people and poor Lebanese, to reinforce Lebanon’s economic, social, environmental and institutional capacity, and to strengthen national and local service delivery and therefore expand access to and improve the quality of basic public services.

Unified Lebanese Vision for the Palestinian Refugees Affairs

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Officially launched by the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee in July 2017, the document provides a framework of action to deal with the social and economic situation of Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon such as recommendations for the Government to limit unnecessary restrictions on granting Palestinian refugees their economic and social rights.

The Combating of Human Trafficking Act of 2014

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The Human Trafficking Act includes a provision for the Sudanese government to coordinate with other countries and facilitate repatriation of foreign victims when necessary, provides for penalties for trafficking offences, and sets up the National Committee for Combating Human Trafficking entrusted with developing a national strategy to combat human trafficking.

Law No. 28 of 2012 on Combating Human Trafficking

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Law No. 28 provides for the creation of various mechanisms, such as establishing the Higher Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, to combat and limit human trafficking through efforts such as providing for fines and prison terms for trafficking offences. Although it has helped prosecutors in terms of defining crimes as human trafficking and limited the ability of perpetrators to escape punishment, the law does not prohibit all forms of human trafficking, failing to address child prostitution and it stipulating an act has to involve a financial transaction in order to constitute human trafficking.