This guide aims "to assist advocates in the development of a human rights framework for national anti-trafficking laws and policies". It combines into one document relevant portions of the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime; the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children; and the Interpretative Notes to the Trafficking Protocol. A background to these three UN documents as well as a short discussion comparing the law enforcement approach and the human rights approach to human trafficking are also provided in the Introduction.