and to increase the information capacity related to the issue of illegal migration, to build and
operationalize the legislative framework in support of activities to combat it, as well as to
strengthen regional cooperation in order to mobilize capacity to combat this phenomenon. In
this context, cooperation is being carried out between the national stakeholders and the
Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees in Egypt to provide social workers for
unaccompanied children who apply for registration in UNHCR and to ensure that they are
provided with the necessary services.
7. Egypt is also working to strengthen cooperation at the regional and international levels to
combat the phenomena of illegal migration and trafficking in human beings, where it is
leading the African Union-Horn of Africa initiative to prevent and combat the smuggling of
migrants and trafficking in human beings. In Luxor in November 2017, it hosted a tripartite
meeting of the three regional processes in the area of combating the smuggling of migrants
and trafficking in human beings, namely the Rabat and Khartoum processes and the African
Union-Horn of Africa initiative, where emphasis was placed on the illegal migration of
unaccompanied minors
d. Trafficking in Humans
1. Consistent with its commitment under Article 5 of the African Charter on Human and
Peoples ' Rights, Egypt emphasizes the importance of the issue of trafficking in human
beings, and has been and continues to be a pioneer in combating all forms of slavery,
slavery-like practices, slavery and forced labor from the end of the nineteenth century and
the beginnings of the last century. In this spirit, Egypt has actively participated in the drafting
and preparation of international documents and conventions designed to criminalize and
combat those practices and to join them. It has also contributed to all international and
regional conventions and resolutions designed to protect human rights and fundamental
freedoms and has formulated standards that address new issues and problems related to
the violation of human rights facing the international and national community, including
multiple forms of crime Transnational organization, foremost among which is trafficking in
human beings.
2. The Public Prosecutor's Office and the judicial authorities are competent to initiate cases of
trafficking in human beings in accordance with Law No. 64 of 2010. Egypt is keen to respect
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