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01.07.2013

House of Representatives adopted the law on accession to Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings

The House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus has adopted on 26 June 2013 the draft Law of the Republic of Belarus on accession of the Republic of Belarus to Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. The said Convention was done at Warsaw on 16 of May 2005 and is aimed at preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, while guaranteeing gender equality.
The draft law is yet to be approved by the upper House of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus – the Council of the Republic.