Blue Heart Campaign

Blue Heart Campaign
PurposeAnti-trafficking
Parent organization
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Websitewww.unodc.org/blueheart

The Blue Heart Campaign is an international anti-trafficking program started by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).[1] Established in 1997, the UNODC supported countries in implementing three UN drug protocols. In 2000, after the UN General Assembly adopted the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, the UNODC became the “guardian” of that protocol and assumed the functions of fighting against human trafficking.[2] The Blue Heart Campaign was launched in March 2009 by the Executive Director of the UNODC, Antonio Maria Costa, during his address to the World's Women's Conference meeting in Vienna. The campaign's symbol is a blue heart.[3] The Blue Heart Campaign uses its website, as well as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr to communicate goals, objectives, and news with the public.

  1. ^ "About the Blue Heart Campaign". United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  2. ^ "The Blue Heart Campaign". United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe. Retrieved 13 March 2013.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Blue Heart Campaign to End Human Trafficking". actualism.org. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.