“Mapping the politics of national rankings in the movement against “modern slavery””
By Siobhán McGrath and Fabiola Mieres
The Global Slavery Index uses questionable data and ignores global interdependence to frame modern slavery as an issue rooted in the Global South. It exculpates the Global North of its continuing role in extreme exploitation and perpetuates a politics of rescue. Read More
Student debates on the subject of human trafficking in Yerevan
On the 29th of November final phase of republican championship of “Student debate” took place in Ani Plaza Hotel in Yerevan. Debates were held in the frame of “Civic engagement – student debates” program.
The final debate was around the “Men are more vulnerable in trafficking arena” thesis. Read More
Slavery’s Shadow on Switzerland
Two months ago, I discovered that my grandmother, Ida, had been a verdingkind, or “contract child” in Switzerland in the 1890s.
A transcript from the archives in Teuffenthal, a small village south of Bern, the capital, confirmed that Ida, an orphan, had been contracted as an unpaid domestic servant to a woman in a neighboring village. Read More
What’s lacking in New York’s Anti-Trafficking Legislation?
On October 16th New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into legislation a bill that would protect young victims of trafficking by granting two primary protections: a sealing provision of victim’s records and a decriminalization status of teens who had previously been convicted of a crime as a direct result of being trafficked. The bill has two major oversights: a lack of protection for adults and a lack of consideration of victims and survivors of labor trafficking. Read More
Human Trafficking Crimes committed during nine-month period of 2014 in Armenia
On the 6th of November, at a meeting with journalists organized by the RA Police General Department for Combating Organized Crime 3-rd Department’s chief, Police Colonel Tigran Petrosyan, presented the overall progress of the measures taken by the police in combating human trafficking in Armenia during nine-month period of 2014. Read More
Eight held in human trafficking investigation
Investigation launched last month after two women reported being sexually exploited at property in Bristol
July 30th – World Day against Trafficking in Humans
“UN General Assembly resolution has declared July 30th as the World Day against Trafficking in Humans” – announced head of International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, head of anti-trafficking working group Vahram Kazhoyan at the press conference today.
Human trafficking has no place in modern world, General Assembly President says
United Nations voluntary trust fund for victms of human trafficking.
14 July 2014 – Human trafficking has no place in the modern world, the President of the General Assembly declared today at a special event at United Nations Headquarters ahead of the observance of the first ever World Day against Trafficking in Persons.
Ambassador Heffern’s Video Blog-Trafficking in Persons Report 2014
According to the U.S. State Department annual report Armenia is in the first group to combat human trafficking for the second year in a row.
Ambassador Heffern’s Video Blog – Trafficking in Persons Report 2014
2014 TIP Report
On June 20, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry released the 2014 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, in which Armenia maintained the highest status of Tier 1.