Migration policy framework for Africa and plan of action (2018 – 2030) immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms. SDG 16 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels requests in Target 16.2 to end abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence and torture against children. Recommended strategies i. Legislation and Counter Trafficking Strategies zz Member States that have not yet done so, should ratify or accede to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons (TIP), Especially Women and Children. zz Member States should bring their national laws in line with the requirements of UNTOC and the TIP Protocol, including by capturing definitions of TIP that are fully in line with the definition provided in the TIP Protocol and establish legally prescribed and adequate sanctions for human trafficking offences; ensure that the national legal framework clearly defines the constituent elements of TIP, and that the criminalisation of the offence also applies to trafficking attempts and when committed as an accomplice. zz Member States should ensure that trafficked persons, in accordance with national legislation, are entitled to protection and assistance in line with the Protocol. zz Member States should develop and implement comprehensive counter trafficking strategies that are based on prevention, protection, prosecution and partnership and informed by the TIP Protocol; the Convention 182 of the ILO on the Worst Forms of Child Labour; ILO’s core labour standards referring to forced labour, including the ILO Convention No. 029 on Forced Labour and the ILO Protocol P029, 2014, to the Forced Labour Convention of 1930; the 2006 Ouagadougou Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and Children, and work towards achieving the objectives of the SDGs, and Agenda 2063. ii. Prevention zz Raise information among the public on what human trafficking is, where victims of trafficking and vulnerable migrants can seek assistance, and what their rights are. zz Educate border agencies and non-state actors on human trafficking. 52