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IRQ-2012-L-94253
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Title_of_text
Law No. 28 of 2012 Combating Trafficking in Persons.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Iraq
Subjects (Classification)
Elimination of child labour, protection of children and young persons; Elimination of forced labour
Adopted on (Date of text)
2012-04-23
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Article 1: Definitions.
Article 2: Establishing a Committee within the Ministry of Interior called "The Central Committee to combat Human Trafficking".
Article 3: The Commission Functions.
Article 4: Establishing a subcommittee named, "The Subcommittee to Combat Human Trafficking" in each territory or irregular province.
Article 5 - Article 9: Penalties.
Article 10: Consent by a victim to human trafficking shall not be accepted as a defence.
Article 11: The commitment and the duties of the State Directorates to assist the victims of human trafficking taking into account the children needs.
In the cases there is no specific text stipulated in the law, the provisions of the Penal Code shall apply.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2012-04-23
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Basic Text region
Basic text(s)
1969 (IRQ-1969-L-57206)
Iraqi Penal Code (Law No. 111 of 1969)
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation online in Arabic
Author
Eastlaws Database
Place of publication
Cairo
Country
Egypt
URL
http://www.eastlaws.com/
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line in English
Author
Office of Rule of Law, U.S. Embassy, Baghdad
Country
Iraq
URL
https://www.cimicweb.org
File
IRQ94253 Eng.pdf (PDF in English)
Serial region
Serial title
Alwaqai Aliraqiya
Date
2012-04-23
Number
No. 4236
Page range
P. 1 - P.5