The Department of Public Law at the College of Law at Al-Qadisiyah University held a scientific symposium entitled (International and National Efforts to Ban Human Trafficking), in which lecturers were presented by Assistant Professor Baida Ali Wali, Assistant Professor Laila Hamza Radhi, and Assistant Professor Ali Hamza Jabr
The seminar aimed to clarify the position of international law on combating human trafficking, an act included in international agreements such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, which stipulated the protection of children from forced labor, slavery, sexual exploitation, the sale of children, trafficking and kidnapping, as well as the United Nations Millennium Declaration 2000 regarding the crime of human trafficking, which urged the intensification of international efforts in combating the crime of human trafficking.
The seminar concluded that the Iraqi legislator had issued Law No. (28) of 2012, and the reasons stated that this law was enacted to combat human trafficking crimes, limit their spread, address their effects and punish their perpetrators, given the serious risks these crimes pose to the safety of the individual and society and diminish the dignity of the human being.
The seminar recommended the need to develop a national plan to prevent human trafficking through a study The reasons for committing this crime and establishing legislation that limits it or amending the existing legislation that is commensurate with the risks of this crime
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