In order to provide enactment of the adopted Law on Trafficking in Persons I decide hereby:

1. To assign the Cabinet of Ministers within the next two months to:

1.1 Prepare and submit president proposals on the alignment of national legislation to this law;

1.2 Align internal acts and orders of the Cabinet of Ministers and other relevant government agencies to this law and to report to president on related issue;

1.3 Develop rules on establishment, funding, operation as well as monitoring special entities as specified in the paragraph 12.3 of this law and to report to president on related issue;

1.4 Develop rules on social rehabilitation of the VoTs (VoTs) as specified in the paragraph 15.5 of this law and to report to president on related issue;

1.5 Determine amount of the compensatory fee paid to the VoTs during their reintegration as specified in paragraph 17.2 of this law and to report to president on related issue;

1.6 Design legal basis for operation of Aid Fund for VoTs as specified in paragraph 22.3 of this law and to report to president on related issue;

1.7 Draft act on types of charges for violation of this law and to submit to president;

1.8 Settle within its mandate all issues related to the application of this law.

2. To determine that:

2.1 President shall be “the relevant implementing agency” indicated in paragraphs 6.1 and 7.5 of this law;

2.2 The Cabinet of Ministers shall be “the relevant implementing agency” indicated in paragraphs 9.5 (2nd part of clause), 10.3, 12.3, 15.5, 17.2 and 22.3 of this law;

2.3 The Ministry of Internal Affairs shall be “the relevant implementing agency” indicated in paragraphs 7.1, 9.1 and 19.2 of this law;

2.4 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be “the relevant implementing agency” indicated in paragraph 9.2 of this law;

2.5 The Ministry of National Security shall be “the relevant implementing agency” indicated in paragraph 9.3 of this law;

2.6 The State Border Service and State Customs Committee within its mandates shall be “the relevant implementing agency” indicated in paragraph 9.4 of this law;

2.7 The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population shall be “the relevant implementing agency” indicated in paragraph 9.5 of this law;

2.8 The Ministry of Health shall be “the relevant implementing agency” indicated in paragraph 9.6 of this law;

The Ministry of Education shall be “the relevant implementing agency” indicated in paragraph 9.7 of this law.

Ilham Aliyev
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Baku, 2005