Article 1. The basic concepts used in this Law of the Law on Combating Human Trafficking

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The following basic concepts are used in this Law:

1) human trafficking is the purchase and sale or commission of other transactions with respect to a person, including a minor, as well as his exploitation or recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, receipt, as well as the commission of other acts for the purpose of exploitation, including through the use of violence or the threat of its use or other methods of coercion, deception or abuse of trust, use of official position, financial or other dependence;

2) the unified system of combating human trafficking is a set of activities of entities involved in combating human trafficking to prevent, identify, suppress, disclose and investigate crimes related to human trafficking, as well as to assist victims of human trafficking, ensure and protect their rights, freedoms and legitimate interests in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

3) authorized state bodies in the field of combating human trafficking (hereinafter referred to as authorized state bodies) – internal affairs bodies and the central executive body responsible for leadership and intersectoral coordination in the field of social protection of the population;

4) subjects of combating human trafficking – authorized state bodies, other state bodies, healthcare and education organizations, local executive bodies of regions, cities of republican significance and the capital, non-profit organizations, individuals or legal entities engaged in tourism activities, as well as providing labor mediation, international organizations accredited in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, engaged in countering human trafficking within its competence;

5) entities providing special social services to victims of human trafficking are legal entities engaged in the public and non–governmental sectors providing special social services and funded from budgetary funds;

6) rehabilitation of victims of human trafficking – actions to restore the psychological and (or) physical condition of the victim to the state preceding the harm;

7) victim of human trafficking – a person identified as a victim of human trafficking, regardless of the fact of a pre-trial investigation in this regard, as well as a person recognized in accordance with the criminal procedure legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan as a victim of crimes related to human trafficking;

8) identification of a victim of human trafficking is a procedure for recognizing a person as a victim of human trafficking in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.;

9) potential victim of human trafficking – a person who is in a vulnerable position due to material, psychological or other dependence, underage or elderly age, orphanhood or lack of parental care, disability, mental or other illness, substance abuse, unemployment, homelessness (persons without a fixed place of residence), or an unregulated legal status that creates conditions for committing crimes against him, related to human trafficking, as well as the alleged (possible) victim of human trafficking before being identified as a victim of human trafficking.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 5, 2024 No. 110-VIII SAM.

This Law defines the organizational and legal framework for combating human trafficking.

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