The Sierra Leone Parliament passed the Anti-Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Act in 2022, updating existing legislation from 2005.
The new act offers Sierra Leone’s anti-trafficking actors updated legal tools and fresh motivation to tackle the problem of human trafficking. But the task of implementing the act’s directives will be challenging, writes Reuben Lewis, a policy consultant with the CenHTRO / APRIES Think Tank in Sierra Leone.
In a new analysis, Lewis details the act’s components and implications for policy and practice.
Download and read The New Anti-Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Act of Sierra Leone: Implications for Policy and Practice (PDF).
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MIGRANT SMUGGLING ACT
