Child includes provisions to protect children from falling victims to
this organized crime as a result any form of exploitation.
5.5
The NIHR believes that, despite the fact that Law No. (1) of 2008 on
Combating
Trafficking
in
Persons
has
introduced
provisions
criminalizing trafficking in persons, it has overlooked to provide
definitions of the terms stated therein, in order to disambiguate the
terms, for example: "Sexual Exploitation Practices, practices similar to
slavery, and criminal groups" along the lines of comparable legislation
in some Arab countries.
5.6
In addition, the Law, in demonstrating the cases of aggravated
punishment for the crime of trafficking in Persons by a criminal group,
does not explain the concept of this group, the significant number of
the members of this group, whether it conducts its criminal activity
within the territorial borders of the Kingdom or abroad, and the
means of exercising its activities, such as managing of commercial
activity to hide the crime, or administration of websites. Moreover, in
enumerating the cases of aggravated punishment, the Law does not
state the case in which a victim is the spouse of the offender, a child, or
a person with disability and does not mention the scope of the
application of its provisions. In addition, the Law does not
independently address the mandate or jurisdiction for its application;
taking the circumstances surrounding the crime into account.
5.7
With regard to efforts made to combat the crime of trafficking in
persons, the NIHR considers that the National Committee to Combat
Trafficking in Persons established under Article No. (8) of the Law, is a
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