[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1412 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 1412

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                          July 1, 2010.
Whereas from June 11, 2010, through July 11, 2010, the 2010 Federation 
        Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup will be hosted 
        by South Africa and include games played in stadiums across the country, 
        including Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Bloemfontein, Rustenburg, 
        Pretoria, Johannesburg, Nelspruit, and Polokwane;
Whereas the 2010 FIFA World Cup is likely to attract an estimated 2,700,000 
        local spectators and 350,000 to 500,000 visitors to the country;
Whereas the influx of tourism is likely to lead to an increase in demand for 
        sexual services and create demand for the commercial sexual exploitation 
        of women and children;
Whereas the preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup have resulted in an influx 
        of foreign workers;
Whereas the hospitality industries may be particularly susceptible to labor 
        trafficking during the 2010 FIFA World Cup;
Whereas the Government of South Africa has invested in media campaigns and other 
        initiatives to prevent and combat trafficking, such as the Tsireledzani 
        Initiative and the Red Card 2010 Campaign: Disqualifying Human 
        Trafficking in Africa, and has created and trained a human trafficking 
        law enforcement unit which is one important element of the South African 
        Department of Social Development's 2010-2015 Strategic Plan;
Whereas the Government of South Africa has planned to provide shelter and 
        rehabilitative care to victims of human trafficking throughout the 
        country during the World Cup and beyond at Thuthuzela Centres, which 
        exist through the country's domestic violence and anti-rape intervention 
        strategy;
Whereas the Government of South Africa has ordered schools to be closed during 
        the 2010 FIFA World Cup, raising concerns that children could be left 
        unattended during a period of high trafficking potential;
Whereas, on June 14, 2010, the United States Department of State released its 
        annual Trafficking in Persons Report, asserting that ``South Africa is a 
        source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children 
        subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced labor and 
        forced commercial sexual exploitation. Children are largely trafficked 
        within the country from poor rural areas to urban centers like 
        Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, and Bloemfontein. Girls are subjected 
        to sex trafficking and involuntary domestic servitude; boys are forced 
        to work in street vending, food service, begging, criminal activities, 
        and agriculture.'';
Whereas this release marks the 10th anniversary of the Trafficking in Persons 
        Report and no country has yet to build a fully comprehensive response to 
        combating trafficking and protecting survivors;
Whereas women and girls have reportedly been trafficked into South Africa from 
        as far away as Russia, Thailand, Pakistan, Philippines, India, China, 
        Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, 
        Burundi, Ethiopia, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Cameroon, 
        Nigeria, and Somalia;
Whereas civil society in South Africa, with the support of the South African 
        Government, has invested notable energy and resources into preventing 
        human trafficking at the 2010 FIFA World Cup through Cape Town Tourism, 
        International Union of Superiors General and the Southern African 
        Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Church, the Salvation Army, 
        the Tshwane Counter-Trafficking Coalition for 2010, and many other 
        nongovernmental and religious organizations; and
Whereas in April 2010, the Durban Magistrates Court convicted two individuals 
        accused of running a brothel and using Thai women as prostitutes of over 
        a dozen offenses, including money laundering, racketeering, and 
        contravention of the Sexual Offenses and Immigration Acts, thereby 
        marking the first successful convictions for human trafficking in South 
        Africa: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) congratulates the Government of South Africa upon its first two 
        successful convictions for human trafficking;
            (2) recognizes the implementation of several elements of South 
        Africa's anti-trafficking strategy and remains hopeful that full 
        implementation of such anti-trafficking measures will proceed without 
        delay;
            (3) acknowledges the passage in South Africa of the Child Justice 
        Act of 2008 (Act No. 75, 2008) and underscores the importance of 
        rehabilitative care of minors under the age of 18;
            (4) recognizes the Government of South Africa's notable efforts to 
        combat trafficking leading up to, during, and following the 2010 
        Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup;
            (5) recognizes the shelters and rehabilitative care provided to 
        human trafficking victims during the World Cup through such centers as 
        the Thuthuzela Centres and encourages further shelter and care programs 
        for victims beyond the event's conclusion;
            (6) calls on the Government of South Africa to move quickly to adopt 
        the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill in order to 
        facilitate future prosecutions;
            (7) calls on the Government of South Africa to increase awareness 
        among all levels of relevant government officials as to their 
        responsibilities under the trafficking provisions of the Sexual Offenses 
        and Children's Acts;
            (8) calls on the Government of South Africa to prioritize anti-
        trafficking law enforcement during the 2010 FIFA World Cup through 
        expanded law enforcement presence, raids, and other measures in areas 
        where trafficking for labor and sexual exploitation are likely to occur;
            (9) calls on the Government of South Africa to adopt measures to 
        protect vulnerable children, including those children unattended because 
        of school closures and refugee children, as well as other potential 
        victims, from sexual and labor exploitation; and
            (10) urges the Government of South Africa to detain and prosecute 
        tourists participating in commercial sexual exploitation of women and 
        children during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.