מכון תודעה

םלועב םישנה רחסו תונזה תעפות רקחל העדות ןוכמ
leah2000@bezeqint.net :לאוד 03-6045128 :סקפ/לט ;61221 ביבא-לת 22197 .ד.ת

UN Commission on Human Rights, 59th session
17 March - 24 April 2003

National NGOs report to the annual UN Commission on Human Rights:
Evaluation of National Authorities activities and Actual facts
on the Trafficking in Persons for the purpose of prostitution in Israel

By

Leah Gruenpeter Gold Nissan Ben Ami (members of the International Abolitionist Federation)		Shevi Korzen Nomi Levenkron
	On behalf of
Awareness Center (Machon Toda`a)		Hotline for Foreign Workers
	March 2001
Awareness Center P.O.Box 22197 Tel - Aviv 61221, Israel Tel: +972-3-6045128 Fax: +972-3-6045128 Email: leah2000@bezeqint.net		Hotline for Foreign Workers 97 Allenby St. P.O. Box 16 Tel - Aviv 61000, Israel Tel: +972-3-5602530 Fax: +972-3-5605175 Email: sigalro@netvision.net.il

Awareness center - Machon Toda`a and the Hotline for Migrant Workers
would like to thank the following Israeli Non Governmental Organizations for the data
and information they provided that enabled this report:

ELEM :Youth in Distress - Israel
Dorit Friedman, Program Director Tel: 972-56-390707
Amit Appel, Program Vice Director Tel: 972-56-547649
Dr. Mike Naftali, Director General Elem

c/o ELEM: Youth in Distress - Israel
Kehilat Saloniki #7
Neot Afeka, Tel-Aviv 69513, Israel
Tel: 972-3-6470049, Fax: 972-3-6470319

ISHA L`ISHA - Haifa Feminist Center
47,Hillel Street
Haifa 33727
Tel: +972-4-8530159, Fax:+972-4-8511954
Email: ishahfc@netvision.net.il

Kol Ha-Isha - The Woman`s Voice
38 Ben Yehuda St.
P.O. BOX 37157
Jerusalem 91371
Tel : +972-2-6222455, Fax: +972-2-6256187
Email: kolisha@netmedia.net.il

The Association of Gay men, Lesbians, Bisexuals and
Transgenders in Israel (GLBT Israel)
10, Nachlat Binyamin street Tel Aviv 61290
Tel: +972-3-5167234, Fax : +972-3-5167724

Anachnu Shavot - We are Worthy
P.O.Box 239 Tel-Aviv 61002

TAMAR - The soul beneath the garments
17/13, Bloch Street, Tel-Aviv
Tel :+972-3-5225293
Mobile:+972-54-204647
Email: tamar_inbox@yahoo.com

National NGOs report to the annual UN Convention on Human Rights:
Evaluation of National Authorities activities and Actual facts
on the Trafficking in Persons for the purpose of prostitution

March 2003

Contents
Introduction
First Chapter: An overview - Actual context
Second Chapter: Overview of Legal Dispositions
Third Chapter: Situation in Israel - Overview and Facts
Fourth Chapter: Situation in Israel - Actual Facts (Hotline for Migrant Workers report)
Fifth Chapter: Measures taken by national and local authorities
Sixth Chapter: Activities of NGOs
Seventh Chapter: Concluding remarks
Eighth Chapter: Recommendations