Combating Trafficking in Persons in Accordance with the Principles of Islamic Law

This paper, a UNODC initiative, was drafted by Professor Mohamed Y. Mattar, Research Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Protection Project at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) under the guidance of UNODC's Anti-Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Unit (AHTMSU). The publication and translation of the paper into Arabic was made possible through cooperation with Naif Arab University for Security Sciences. This paper addresses principles on the prohibition of exploitation and slavery in both International and Islamic law, as well as principles providing protection for its victims. It is targeted both at Islamic practitioners who want to learn more about combating human trafficking and also at anti-trafficking practitioners wanting to learn more about Islamic law.