National awareness campaign launched on combating human trafficking

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman launched an awareness campaign ‘Insan’ to combat human trafficking.

Launched on Sunday, the campaign will continue till 30 October 2023, and target people from all segments of society by publishing public awareness messages in 14 languages, including Arabic, English, Urdu, Bengali and Filipino.

In addition to social events, activities, lectures, workshops, features, press releases, TV and radio interviews, messages will be published through different channels like street billboards, digital screens at Muscat International Airport and Salalah Airport, websites, platforms and social networks. Sheikh Khalifa Ali Al Harthy, Foreign Ministry’s Undersecretary for Political Affairs and Chairman of the NCCHT, said, “The Sultanate of Oman accorded a great attention to combating the crime of human trafficking and all its practices, which contravene lofty human principles and values, impede human rights and insult human dignity.”

Al Harthy added that, given the importance of society’s role in addressing this crime, Oman focused on community awareness about the crime. As a first step, Oman established the NCCHT website, which provides a comprehensive account of laws and measures on identifying trafficking victims, the method of reporting cases of human trafficking to the authorities and ways to seek assistance through 14 international languages, said Al Harthy, noting that the two-month campaign begins on Sunday and lasts till 30 October 2023.

The National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking (NCCHT) launched the campaign titled “Insan” (Human) to outline the concept of human trafficking and its related international agreements, besides highlighting the Sultanate of Oman’s efforts on tackling the phenomenon

In its second edition, the campaign will contribute to the consolidation of the mechanism of detecting and reporting human trafficking by highlighting its indicators, negative impacts and legal consequences.

The campaign’s launch ceremony was held at the Diplomatic Club.