2. Each State Party shall ensure that its domestic legal or administrative system contains measures
that provide to victims of trafficking in persons, in appropriate cases:
(a) Information on relevant court and administrative proceedings;
(b) Assistance to enable their views and concerns to be presented and considered at
appropriate stages of criminal proceedings against offenders, in a manner not prejudicial to the
rights of the defence.
Protocol Annotation: Although this language is weak (“in appropriate cases”) and appears to
permit governments to provide assistance to some trafficked persons and not to others, it
nonetheless requires governments to adopt such measures.