RIYADH — The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Committee at the Saudi Human Rights Commission (HRC) concluded on Monday a two-day virtual online training program on managing and analyzing trafficking in persons data. It was attended by representatives of the HRC’s Anti-Trafficking in Persons Committee and held in cooperation with the GCC UN Office on Drugs and Crime.

The program targeted the National Core Team, providing training on the management and analysis of anti-trafficking in persons crimes and personnel capacity building in various anti-trafficking agencies. The training was conducted by Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime Al Qadi Hatim Ali and a UNODC expert. The seven-session program covered several topics, including the mechanisms, preparation, drafting, concepts, types, methodologies, compilation, and practical applications of trafficking in persons reports. On the first day, the program, particularly, focused on the know-how of preparing trafficking in persons reports and the design of relevant of data collection forms.

On the second day and final day, sessions covered data collection through the use of specific forms for reporting purposes. It addressed various methods and approaches to trafficking in persons data analysis, and the mechanisms of coordinating data collection and analysis between the various agencies.

By organizing these specialized programs, the HRC aims to advance and empower the National Core Team’s understanding of reporting mechanisms; forms; documentation; coordination; and robust data collection, analysis, and preparation that is compatible with Phase II of the Trafficking in Persons National Referral Mechanism in Saudi Arabia. This phase focuses on saving, referring, documenting, and sheltering trafficking in persons victims. — SG