The Official Medal of Honor for the Fight Against Human Trafficking was created pursuant to Government Resolution No. 2671 of December 2, 2007.

The resolution resolved:

A. To introduce an official medal of honor for the fight against human trafficking.

B. The medal of honor will be one of recognition and not a monetary award. Every year, three medals will be awarded to bodies or persons in accordance with the following categories: governmental body, non-governmental body including a public body or an individual, and only if that body or individual made a considerable contribution to the fight against human trafficking. If no appropriate candidates are found for each of the three categories, the medals will be awarded only in the categories for which appropriate candidates were found.

C. The medals of honor will be awarded at a ceremony to take place on December 2, which is the International Day to Eradicate Slavery. The ceremony will be held at the President's Residence, and will be awarded by the President of the State. The first ceremony will be held on December 2, 2008, in the presence of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice.

D. The medals of honor will provide expression to at least two aspects of the fight against human trafficking in a range of areas such as: trafficking for the purposes of prostitution, slavery, forced labor or theft of bodily organs.

E. The medals of honor will be awarded for activities relating to various aspects of the fight against human trafficking: preventing the phenomenon, enforcing the laws which forbid it and protecting the victims.

F. To establish an inter-ministerial committee which will determine the criteria for awarding the medal of honor and its form, as well as to select the candidates.

G. The committee will be comprised as follows:

1. Director General of the Ministry of Justice - Chairman

2. Head of the Authority for the Advancement of the Status of Women

3. Representative of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor

4. Representative of the Ministry of the Interior

5. Representative of the Ministry of Social Welfare and Social Affairs

6. Representative of the Ministry of Health

7. Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

8. Representative of the Ministry of Internal Security

9. Representative of the Ministry of Education

10. Inter-ministerial coordinator for the fight against human trafficking

11. Representative of Academia

12. Representative of the President of the State's Bureau