Legislation and International Treaties

Canadian Legislation

• Criminal Code of Canada
• Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

International Treaties

Canada is a party to many international treaties that oblige the government to take steps to address trafficking in persons and related conduct, including:

• UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially women and children (PDF Version) - Help on PDF
• The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution, and Child Pornography
• ILO Convention 182 concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst forms of Child Labor
• Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (PDF Version) - Help on PDF