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Viewing cable 08NIAMEY1104, NIGER - TIP WATCHLIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08NIAMEY1104 2008-11-19 04:41 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Niamey
VZCZCXRO4416
RR RUEHMA RUEHPA
DE RUEHNM #1104/01 3240441
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 190441Z NOV 08
FM AMEMBASSY NIAMEY
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4699
INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NIAMEY 001104 
 
DEPT FOR G/TIP, AF/W, AF/RSA, G-ACBLANK, AND DRL/EA 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV KTIP KWMN KCRM SOCI SCUL NG
SUBJECT:  NIGER - TIP WATCHLIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT 
 
REF:  STATE 110849 
 
1.  Summary:  Niger is taking several steps to reduce the incidence 
and consequences of trafficking in persons and raise public 
awareness, but needs to pass long-awaited legislation to give 
authorities leverage to prosecute traffickers.  End summary. 
2.  Updates over the past year are as follows: 
 
A. Finalizing, passing, and enacting the 2006 draft legislation 
against trafficking: 
 
The draft trafficking in persons law has yet to be adopted.  Once 
adopted by the Council of Ministers, the bill would go to the 
single-chamber National Assembly for consideration; passage by a 
simple majority would permit the bill to proceed to the Presidency 
for signature.  In September 2008, the Secretary General of the 
Ministry of Justice noted that failure to pass the bill would stall 
other trafficking in persons reforms and efforts to prosecute 
related cases. 
 
B.  Strengthen efforts to investigate, prosecute, and convict 
individuals guilty of slavery and other forms of human trafficking: 
 
In the appeal regarding the July 2006 enslavement case Timidria and 
Haoulata Ibrahim vs. Seidimou Hiyar, the Court of Appeals of Niamey 
sentenced the defendant to two years' imprisonment (six months to be 
served behind bars and 18 months suspended) and fined 100,000 FCFA 
($200) in damages.  While the defendant served his prison term, he 
still has not paid the damages.  On October 27, 2008, in a landmark 
ruling regarding the case Timidria and Hadidjatou Mani Koraou vs. 
the Government of Niger, the ECOWAS Court of Justice recognized that 
Ms. Mani Koraou had been a victim of slavery and held the Government 
of Niger responsible for the inaction of its administrative legal 
services, which failed to protect a woman sold into slavery.  The 
court fined the Government of Niger 10 million FCFA ($20,000) in 
damages to the victim.  The GON said it would abide by the ruling. 
 
 
In October 2008, police in Gaya arrested a man when he could not 
give proof regarding his relationship with several children with 
whom he was travelling.  The police handed over the children to the 
district of Gaya's Office of Women's Promotion and Children's 
Protection.  During the same period, the same office handed over 11 
young girls presumed to be victims of trafficking to the Benin 
border police. 
 
C. Taking steps to rescue and assist victims of traditional 
slavery: 
 
On March 20, 2008, Reagir Dans le Monde (RDM-Tanafili), a local NGO, 
with support from local government officials and traditional 
leaders, rescued and assisted six families of former slaves (40 
people) in purchasing land from their former masters in Tajae, 
Tahoua region.  The GON, with support from UNICEF, established 
regional committees to control child trafficking in various regions 
of the country including Agadez, Niamey, Zinder, and Tillabery.  So 
far, 30 watchdog teams have been created in various localities to 
support the regional committees. 
 
In mid-2008, the Makalondi Welcome and Transit Center for Child 
Victims of Trafficking, in cooperation with Nigerien police and 
UNICEF, rescued, rehabilitated, and returned to their families 36 
children.  In October 2008, a local NGO partner of UNICEF with 
support from GON officials rescued and commenced the rehabilitation 
of 37 child trafficking victims in Agadez.  The suspects were 
released without charges, due to a lack of trafficking laws. 
 
D.  Adopting the draft national action plan to combat slavery and 
other forms of human trafficking: 
 
Regrettably, Niger's national action plan remains weak policy 
guidance lacking in statutory authority in the absence of passage of 
legislation against trafficking. 
 
E. Increasing efforts to raise awareness about traditional slavery 
practices and the law against slavery: 
 
Public and private media broadcast sensitization campaigns; this 
includes an Embassy-funded televised skit with the NGO "EPAD" on the 
evils of child trafficking. Since May 2008, the skit has appeared 
nightly just before and/or after the major news broadcasts on 
private and state television in French and local languages.  On 
March 22, 2008, the French Cultural Center hosted the official 
unveiling of two books on slavery in Africa, one Niger specific, at 
which the Minister of Justice was a keynote speaker.  On June 3, 
2008, the Moslem clerics held a code of conduct workshop on 
children's rights and the proper treatment of children under their 
charge in Koranic schools. 
 
On July 29-31, 2008, Niger's First Lady presided over the opening 
ceremony for the Third Consultation on the Multilateral Agreement in 
 
NIAMEY 00001104  002 OF 002 
 
 
the Fight against the Trafficking of Children in West Africa.  She 
was joined by the Minister of Justice, Governor of Niamey, and the 
Minister of Women's Promotion and Children Protection. 
ALLEN