Protection Against Physical or Economic Retaliation
This section provides resources to help individuals and their families learn more about various legal resources that are available to provide guidance on protection against physical or economic retaliation.
Resources compiled for this section include searchable database of victims’ rights legal provisions, toolkits, fact sheets, pamphlets, brochures, and videos, published by state, national and international organizations including non-profits, legal aid organizations, and federal and state government agencies as identified below:
Texas LawHelp.org
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/interagency/trafficking.cfm
Office of Justice Programs (Office for Victims of Crime)
https://ovc.ncjrs.gov/humantrafficking/announcements.html
https://ovc.ncjrs.gov/humantrafficking/Public_Awareness_
Folder/Fact_Sheet/HT_Legal_Rights_Needs_fact_sheet-508.pdf
The National Center for Victims of Crime
https://victimsofcrime.org/help-for-crime-victims/get-help-bulletins-
for-crime-victims/restitution
https://victimsofcrime.org/docs/default-source/restitution-toolkit/pvrppp-factsheet-6.pdf?sfvrsn=2
The Human Trafficking Legal Center
http://www.htlegalcenter.org/our-work/our-publications/
https://www.htlegalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Federal-Human-Trafficking-Civil-Litigation-1.pdf
Polaris Project
https://polarisproject.org/sites/default/files/2015%
20Civil%20Remedy%20Issue%20Brief.pdf
United Nations office on Drugs and Crime (“UNODC”)
https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/ICAT/ICAT_Policy_Paper_3._Providing_
Effective_Remedies_for_Victims_of_Trafficking_in_
Persons_2016.pdf
https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/
Toolkit-files/08-58296_tool_5-16.pdf
Shared Hope
http://sharedhope.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/NSL_Survey_Mandatory-Restitution_Civil-Remedies.pdf
Notifying Victims of Perpetrators’ Release or Escape from Prison
This section provides resources to help victims and their families register to receive notification of custody/prison status changes of perpetrators and to obtain reliable information on criminal case event changes as required by the Victims’ Rights and Restitution Act and the Crime Victims’ Rights Act. Notifications may include notice of a perpetrator’s parole eligibility, board decisions, release to and return from bench warrant, discharge dates, along with many other notices.
Resources compiled for this section include links to various victim notification systems at state and federal levels as identified below:
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
Office of the Texas Attorney General
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/faq/victim_vine.html
Office of Justice Programs (Office for Victims of Crime)
https://www.ovc.gov/rights/notification_VNS.html
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Additional Resources
https://vinelink.com/#/home/state/TX
https://vinelink.com/#/NationalVictim
Preventing Re-Trafficking
This section provides resources to help victims and their families to minimize vulnerabilities to re-trafficking and empower survivors.
International Organization for Migration
https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/causes_
of_retrafficking.pdf
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
https://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/06/Guidance-Note-Trafficking.pdf