6. This article shall be without prejudice to any applicable
bilateral or multilateral agreement or arrangement that governs, in whole or
in part, the return of victims of trafficking in persons.
III. Prevention, cooperation and other measures
Article 9
Prevention of trafficking in persons
1. States Parties shall establish comprehensive policies,
programs and other measures:
(a) To prevent and combat trafficking in persons; and
(b) To protect victims of trafficking in persons, especially women
and children, from revictimization.
2. States Parties shall endeavor to undertake measures such as
research, information and mass media campaigns and social and economic
initiatives to prevent and combat trafficking in persons.
3. Policies, programs and other measures established in
accordance with this article shall, as appropriate, include cooperation with
non-governmental organizations, other relevant organizations and other
elements of civil society.
4. States Parties shall take or strengthen measures, including
through bilateral or multilateral cooperation, to alleviate the factors that
make persons, especially women and children, vulnerable to trafficking,
such as poverty, underdevelopment and lack of equal opportunity.
5. States Parties shall adopt or strengthen legislative or other
measures, such as educational, social or cultural measures, including
through bilateral and multilateral cooperation, to discourage the demand
that fosters all forms of exploitation of persons, especially women and
children, that leads to trafficking.
Article 10
Information exchange and training
1. Law enforcement, immigration or other relevant authorities of
States Parties shall, as appropriate, cooperate with one another by
exchanging information, in accordance with their domestic law, to enable
them to determine:
(a) Whether individuals crossing or attempting to cross an
international border with travel documents belonging to other persons or
without travel documents are perpetrators or victims of trafficking in
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