On Thursday 6 February 2025 in Nador, the third session of the series of training courses jointly organised by the National Commission for the Coordination of Measures to Combat and Prevent Trafficking in Human Beings and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on the theme “Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and the Risks of Irregular Migration” came to a close. The training was intended for institutional stakeholders and civil society actors and was held on the sidelines of the celebration of the International Day of the Rights of the Child, with a view to promoting awareness and capacity building in the field of combating trafficking in human beings.
This activity forms part of the efforts made by the National Commission to implement the National Plan to Combat and Prevent Trafficking in Human Beings 2023-2030, in order to ensure the optimal participation of government departments, judicial and security institutions, and civil society organisations as key actors in preventing and raising awareness of the risks of the crime of trafficking in human beings in the context of irregular migration.
Within the framework of this series of training courses, the intended objective is to strengthen the capacities and skills of participants in combating and preventing trafficking in human beings by acquiring a sound knowledge of the legal and institutional framework for combating trafficking in human beings and by identifying the general and specific indicators relating to the detection and identification of potential victims of trafficking in human beings, in particular children.
The workshop featured a series of presentations by specialised experts in the field, representing the Ministry of Justice, the Permanent Secretariat of the National Commission, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates – Department of Moroccans Living Abroad –, the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, the Presidency of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the International Organization for Migration and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The event concluded with a series of recommendations aimed at reflecting the involvement of all stakeholders in raising awareness of the dangers of trafficking in human beings and of the importance of reporting potential cases of victims in the context of the implementation of the National Referral Mechanism for victims of trafficking in human beings.
