LibGuides: Human Rights: An Overview: Human Trafficking Organizations

There are several anti-trafficking organizations combating human trafficking in West Africa. These organizations are either global, regional or national. In this section of the LibGuide you will find several resources on these organizations.

Anti Trafficking Regional Organizations Combating Human Trafficking in West Africa

These anti-trafficking regional organizations combat human trafficking only in the states within a limited geographic region.

Economic Community of West African States
Made up of 15 West African states. Its main goal is to promote and ensure economic integration among its members. The links below provide information on various efforts taken by the Economic Community of West African States to combat human trafficking in West Africa.
ECOWAS Calls for Strict Measures to Combat Human Trafficking
ECOWAS Moves to Stop Human Trafficking Across Boarders

African Union Commission
Consists of 55 countries of the continent of Africa. The link below provides information on various efforts taken by the African Union Commission to combat human trafficking in West Africa.
AU Launches Campaign to Fight Human Trafficking
African Commission on Human and People's Rights
The African Commission on Human and People’s Right was established by the African Charter, the commission is saddled with the responsibility of promoting and protecting human and people’s rights and the interpretation of the African Charter on human and people’s rights.

Anti Trafficking Organizations Combating Human Trafficking within Various States in West Africa

Listed below are some of these organizations and their state of operation. Their sphere of operation is limited to the state they are located.

State	Organization	Selected Links
Nigeria	National Agency for the prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Devatop Center for Africa Development Child Right and Rehabilitation Network Women Trafficking and Child Labor Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF) Nigeria National Human Rights Commission	https://www.naptip.gov.ng/ https://www.naptip.gov.ng/?page_id=112 https://devatop.org/ https://devatop.org/about-us/ http://www.crarn.net/ http://www.crarn.net/about-us/ https://wotclef.org.ng/index.aspx https://www.nigeriarights.gov.ng/
Ghana	Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice Ghana Network for Women's Right in Ghana (NETRIGHT)	https://chraj.gov.gh/ http://www.netrightghana.org/
Gambia	Association for the Promotion of Girls and Women's Advancement (APGWA)	https://sites.google.com/site/apgwagam/home
Liberia	Orphan Relief and Rescue	http://orphanreliefandrescue.org/
Mali	The Danish Institute for Human Rights	https://www.humanrights.dk/place/mali

In addition to the anti-trafficking organizations listed above, Use the global modern slavery directory to search for more of these organizations. When you click on the link, use the search tool bar to find these organizations by either imputing the location or name of each.