Prevention and Suppression of Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Persons Proclamation No. 1178/2020. Country/Territory Ethiopia Document type Legislation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source 26th Year No.31 ADDIS ABABA 1st April, 2020. Subject General Keyword Human rights Liability/compensation Institution Inspection Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Offences/penalties Capacity building Enforcement/compliance Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries, Sahel Abstract The Proclamation provides for he discipline of trafficking in persons, aggravating circumstances, assisting the act of human trafficking, presumption of exploitation. Under the Proclamation the act of trafficking in person is defined as: any person who holds another person in slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or debt bondages; exploited in removing organs or prostitution or other forms of sexual activities of another person; engages another person in forced labor or service, begging or criminal act, forced marriage, surrogacy, or exploited children in labor, or commit exploitation similar to these acts shall be punishable. Moreover the Proclamation disciplines smuggling, unlawful sending of persons abroad for work and related crimes, such as failure to Report the Commission of an Offence, offences against whistleblowers. Full text English/Amharic Website www.ilo.org