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Countries in the 2020 TIP Report that are not Party to the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking In Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

Countries in the 2020 TIP Report that are not Party to the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking In Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: Bhutan; Comoros; Congo, Republic of the; Iran; Korea, North; Marshall Islands; Nepal*; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Sudan; Tonga; Uganda; Vanuatu; Yemen. Between April 2019 and March 2020, Bangladesh, Brunei, and Palau became States Parties to the Protocol. *Nepal acceded to the Palermo Protocol on June 16, 2020.

Countries in the 2020 TIP Report that are not Party to the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking In Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: Bhutan; Comoros; Congo, Republic of the; Iran; Korea, North; Marshall Islands; Nepal*; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Sudan; Tonga; Uganda; Vanuatu; Yemen. Between April 2019 and March 2020, Bangladesh, Brunei, and Palau became States Parties to the Protocol. *Nepal acceded to the Palermo Protocol on June 16, 2020.

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