FROM BONDAGE TO FREEDOM 74 (ii) by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or position of vulnerability178, giving or receiving payments or benefits to achieve consent of a person having control over another; and (iii) for the purpose of exploitation (including, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others, or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or removal of organs)179. All three elements must be present for the Convention to become operational within a given fact-situation. The only exception is for children for whom the requirements relating to means are waived. The Protocol does not define the terms slavery, forced labour, practices similar to slavery or servitude. In the absence of which it is assumed that their definitions be borrowed from ILO Conventions on Slavery, Forced Labour etc. which define these concepts in detail. Protection of Trafficked Persons Part two of the Protocol deals with protection provisions for the victims of trafficking in persons that are worded in non-obligatory not mandatory terms. It exhorts the State Parties to: (i) Protect the privacy and identity of victims of trafficking in persons, including, inter alia, by making legal proceedings relating to such trafficking confidential. (ii) Provide victims of trafficking information on relevant and administrative proceedings and assistance in Court proceedings. (iii) Implement measures to provide for the physical, psychological and social recovery of victims of trafficking. (iv) To take into account the age, gender and special needs of victims of trafficking while applying protection measures. (v) Endeavour to provide for the physical safety of victims of trafficking while they are within its territory. 178 The travaux preparatoires indicate that the reference to the abuse of a position of vulnerability is understood to refer to any situation on which person involved has no real and acceptable alternative but submit these abuse involved. UN Doc. A/55/383/Add 1 at para. 63. 179 Supra note 4, Art. 3.

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