HOW TO REPORT TRAFFICKING TO THE UNITED NATIONS

🟦 For victims, families, or helpers

If someone you know has been trafficked—even inside one country—you can report it directly to the United Nations. Follow these nine easy steps

Website: https://spsubmission.ohchr.org
(This is the UN’s official “Blue Panel” form.)

Ensure your fields are no more that 4000 character and spaces.

You will need:

Any documents or letters that show what happened (you can upload them later) go past this stage with next and back to upload them if you do not do this it will not save changes, and you will have to rekey it all again. Work from a matter document so that you have text to place in the fields. The more mandates i.e items you use trafficking in persons, especially women and children. the more data you will be expected to provide please include trafficking in persons in any five options you choose.

A laptop or computer (the site doesn’t work well on phones)

Your email address

Even if your case stayed within one country, you can still report it to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. Why? Because under international law, trafficking doesn’t require crossing a border. It only requires:
• Fraud, coercion, or abuse of power
• For the purpose of exploitation or separation
• Of a vulnerable person—especially a child

https://spsubmission.ohchr.org/ This is a complicated process and you may require a laptop to submit to this

on mobile you will have a different view.

💠 STEP 1 — Open the Form

Go to 👉 https://spsubmission.ohchr.org
Click the big blue button: “Submit information to UN experts.”
Wait for the “Blue Panel” form to load.

💠 STEP 2 — Choose Who to Send It To

You will see a screen with a reference number note it down .
The following reference is being used to track your submission. Please make a record of this reference. You can stop and come back to complete your submission at any time in the next 24 hours. After this time if your submission is not complete it will be deleted.

You are strongly encouraged to make note of the submission reference given below as it will facilitate further communication regarding your submission

Provide a password and Press ok a new screen will appear

To what issues/themes/areas is your submission related?

Please select the primary area of concern concern (the following are a general categorization of concerns. Therefore, in case of doubt please use the option “Human rights violation”): *

✅Human rights violation
Bill, legislation or policy
Add information to a previous submission

To what issues/themes/areas is your submission related?

Tick this box:
✅ Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children

You can also tick:

Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children
Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls

Please select 1 to 5 issue(s) of concern to which your submission is related to in the list, then reply to the consent question at the bottom of the screen. Once you have confirmed consent you can continue to the next step. *

African Descent
albinism
arbitrary Detention
business
climate change
cultural rights
development
disability
disappearances
education
environment
executions
food
foreign debt
freedom of opinion and expression
freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
health
housing
human rights defenders
independence of judges and lawyers
Indigenous Peoples
internally displaced persons
international order
international solidarity
leprosy
mercenaries
migrants
minority issues
older persons
peasants
poverty
privacy
racism
religion or belief
✅sale of children
sexual orientation and gender identity
✅slavery
terrorism
torture
toxics and human rights
✅trafficking in persons
Transitional justice
unilateral coercive measures
✅violence against women and girls
water and sanitation
✅women and girls

Afghanistan
Belarus
Burundi
Cambodia
Central African Republic
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Eritrea
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Mali
Myanmar
Palestinian territories occupied since 1967
Russian Federation
Somalia
Syrian Arab Republic

Consent

You must check the box below to indicate you have the consent of the alleged victim to make a submission to Special Procedures. *

✅I am/we are the alleged victim(s), and I/we give my/our consent
I am/we are the representative(s) of the alleged victim(s), and I/we have her/his/their consent
I am/we are member(s) of the family/ies of the alleged victim(s), and I/we have her/his/their consent
The nature of the allegation is such that consent cannot be obtained, e.g. the victim(s) is/are dead or has/have been subject to an enforced disappearance

Who does the incident/situation involve?

Victim’s information – victim is a person

Personal information fill in all personal information

Then scroll down.

💠 STEP 3 — Fill in the Form

Keep it short and clear.
You can copy and paste this example and change the details:

Who was hurt:
My daughter Emily Smith, age 4.

Where:
Newry, Northern Ireland, 2010.

What happened:
She was taken away using false papers. Officials said it was legal, but it was not. We were not told where she was.

Why it is trafficking:
There was fraud and abuse of power. A vulnerable child was separated for control and exploitation.

Who was responsible:
(Write names of people, agencies, or offices if you know them.)

What I want the UN to do:
Please help investigate and ask the government to return her and protect others.

That’s it — simple and truthful.

💠 STEP 4 — Add Your Contact Details

Write your name, email, and country at the end.
If you’re scared to give your name, you can say:

“I am the parent / friend / advocate and wish to stay anonymous for safety.” Whichever you choose i would suggest using your name

💠 STEP 6 — Upload Files (Optional)

If you have letters, court papers, or photos that prove what happened:

Click “Attach file”
Choose the files from your computer
(PDF or JPG are best)

💠 STEP 7 — Finalise Submission -Send It

You should have ticks on teach section showing competition

Click Submit.
Wait for the page to say, “Thank you for your submission.” ensure you save a copy of the PDF and save it in lots of locations it is likely someone will try to delete it from your hard drive

You will soon get an email from the UN (Geneva).
They may contact you later to ask more questions.

💠 STEP 8 — (Optional) Send an Email Copy

If you want extra confirmation, email the same text to:
📧 urgent-action@ohchr.org
Subject: Trafficking in Persons – [Your Country]

💠 STEP 9 — Keep a Copy

Save your text in a Word file or notebook.
If you have a printer, print it.
Keep it safe — this is your record of what you told the UN.

GOOD LUCK, SAVE A COPY WITH A FRIEND IF YOU WANT TO HELP CONTACT US ON WHATSAPP.

If you ask for a copy emailed you will get something like the following”:

thestealingofemily.co.uk