The Bali Process brings participants together to work on practical measures to help combat people smuggling, trafficking in persons and related transnational crimes in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Initiated at the "Regional Ministerial Conference on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime" held in Bali in February 2002, the Bali Process follow-up is a collaborative effort participated in by over 50 countries and numerous international agencies.
The Bali Process is co-chaired by the Governments of Indonesia and Australia.
Bali Process activities were mandated by the Ministers of participating countries at two Ministerial level conferences and are subject to annual review by senior officials.
Two 'country coordinators' lead follow-up activities in two thematic areas:
Regional and International Cooperation on Policy Issues and Law Enforcement (Thailand) and
Regional and International Cooperation on Policy Issues and Legal Frameworks (New Zealand).
Monitoring and implementation of related activities and initiatives in these areas are guided by a steering group composed of
the governments of Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, Thailand, International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR.
The Bali Process follow-up is supported by financial contributions from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, United States, as well as in-kind contributions from numerous participating countries.
This website provides a one-stop-shop for information on
upcoming Bali Process activities, information sharing, capacity building and knowledge gained through Bali Process conferences and workshops including model legislation on criminalizing people smuggling and trafficking in persons, a checklist of issues to be addressed in the return of illegal immigrants and best practice guidelines for the initial establishment of identity of illegal immigrants.
Bali Process Steering Group
| Australia |
Thailand |
| Indonesia |
IOM |
| New Zealand |
UNHCR |
Bali Process Countries
| Afghanistan |
Mongolia |
| Australia |
Myanmar |
| Bangladesh |
Nauru |
| Bhutan |
Nepal |
| Brunei Darussalam |
New Zealand |
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Cambodia |
Pakistan |
| China |
Palau |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
Papua New Guinea |
| Fiji |
Philippines |
| France (New Caledonia) |
Republic of Korea |
| Hong Kong SAR* |
Samoa |
| India |
Singapore |
| Indonesia |
Solomon Islands |
| Iran |
Sri Lanka |
| Iraq |
Syria |
| Japan |
Thailand |
| Jordan |
Timor-Leste |
| Kiribati |
Tonga |
| Laos PDR |
Turkey |
| Macau SAR* |
Vanuatu |
| Malaysia |
Viet Nam |
| Maldives |
| *Special Administrative Region of China
Other Participating Countries
| Austria |
Poland |
| Belgium |
Romania |
| Canada |
Russian Federation |
| Denmark |
South Africa |
| European Commission |
Spain |
| Finland |
Sweden |
| Germany |
Switzerland |
| Italy |
United Kingdom |
| The Netherlands |
United States of America |
| Norway |
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Other Bali Process Organizations
| APC |
UNDP |
| ICMPD |
UNODC |
| IGC |
ILO |
| IFRC |
ADB |
| ICRC |
World Bank |
| Interpol |
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