Spotlight on human dignity, justice at high-level debate on rule of law and development
On 13th of April 2015 UNODC is committed to efforts to oppose the criminals who sabotage the rule of law and sustainable development, Executive Director Yury Fedotov told a packed audience today at a high-level event at the 13th Crime Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Doha, writes official web-site of UNODC.
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Human traffickers may face life sentence under Britain’s tough new slavery bill
Human traffickers may face life imprisonment under a British law passed designed to crack down on modern-day slavery, one of a raft of measures designed to lead the way in combating the $150bn-a-year industry. Read More
Anti-trafficking Information Platform continues its development
Dear friends, journalists, colleagues, supporters and volunteers!
We are happy to announce that «Association of Audio-Visual reporters» NGO continues development of Anti-trafficking Information Platform in Armenia with the support of INL Yerevan Program Officer (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs). Read More
Sexual Exploitation in China Must End
Auren Kaplan the CEO of Girl Justice, a nonprofit crowd funding platform, writes:
“As America continues her inevitable march towards deeper degrees of independence and opportunity for all of her citizens, I am reminded constantly of the myriad challenges women face around the world. As the CEO of Girl Justice, a women’s empowerment charity, I am constantly reminded of the continuous struggle for women’s rights abroad and at home. And while no country is flawless in the context of empowering women, one country stood out as a consistent and significant abuser of women’s rights: China. Read More
Children in Thailand stand up for Freedom – Isn’t it time that we do too?
On the 23th fo November The Chai Lai Orchid invited minority children from the surrounding area that are most at risk of child labor to enjoy a day to just be kids. 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