Box 3: “Soft law” instruments most often cited in this Commentary Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking (Trafficking Principles and Guidelines) Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995 (Beijing Platform for Action) Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing+5 Outcome Document) Basic Principles and Guidelines on the right to a remedy and reparation for victims of gross violations of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law (Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy) UNICEF Guidelines on the Protection of Child Victims of Trafficking (UNICEF Guidelines) Criminal Justice Responses to Trafficking in Persons – ASEAN Practitioner Guidelines (ASEAN Practitioner Guidelines) Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation against Trafficking in Persons in the Greater Mekong Subregion, Yangon, 29 October 2004. Coordinated Mekong Trafficking in Persons, adopted in 2006. The Inter-American Commission on Women has also produced several important resolutions in this area.13 Finally, bilateral (usually non-treaty) agreements on trafficking can provide another source of information on and insight into accepted or For example, Inter-American Commission of Women, Fighting the Crime of Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women, Adolescents and Children, CIM/RES. 236 (XXXII-O/04). Ministerial Initiative against Trafficking (COMMIT MOU) The Brussels Declaration on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (Brussels Declaration) OSCE Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings (OSCE Action Plan) EU Plan on Best Practices, Standards and Procedures for Combating and Preventing Trafficking in Human Beings (EU Plan on Best Practices) Ouagadougou Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and Children (Ouagadougou Action Plan) ECOWAS Initial Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons (2002-2003) (ECOWAS Initial Plan of Action) Organization of American States, Conclusions and Recommendations of the First Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons (OAS Recommendations on Trafficking in Persons) evolving legal standards. One example of such an agreement is the memorandum of understanding concluded between Thailand and Cambodia on Bilateral Cooperation for Eliminating Trafficking in Children and Women and Assisting Victims of Trafficking. Other examples include a 2006 agreement between the Governments of Greece and Albania;14 a 2005 Memorandum of Understanding 13 Agreement between the Government of Greece and the Government of Albania on the protection and assistance of children victims of trafficking (February 2006). 14 COMMENTARY 27