July 30th is the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, commemorated internationally under the auspices of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. This year’s commemoration theme - Victims’ Voices Lead the Way - sought to place victims of human trafficking at the centre of the campaign and to highlight the importance of listening to and learning from survivors of human trafficking. The recently released US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report (June 2021), while commending Uganda’s incremental efforts to fight against human trafficking, still maintains Uganda on Tier 2 Watch List as the Government of Uganda reportedly has yet to meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking-in-persons cases
