Young children being used for street crime, warns anti-slavery commissioner
Young children are being tasked with pickpocketing, shoplifting and begging on Britain’s streets in scenarios like those in Oliver Twist, the anti-slavery commissioner has warned. Read More
Hien’s story: A child trafficked from Vietnam into forced labour in the UK
June is a very special time, because it is the time of a feast of different dates dedicated to children and problems of their right’s protection. The 1st and the 12th of June are dedicated to children’s protection (International Day for Protection of Children) and combating against child labour (World Day against Child Labour). Specialists say, that today over 3,000 children enslaved in Britain after being trafficked from Vietnam. Read More
Informally employed Syrian refugees, working under harsh conditions, further strain Jordanian labour market
The arrival of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in neighboring Jordan has increased unemployment in areas in which they are highly concentrated, and further strained the host country’s infrastructure, resources and public services. Read More
Making the invisible visible – UN expert’s call
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, called on the Armenian Government to devote more attention to the issue of violence against. Read More
New app for women’s safety launched in India
In a first of its kind women-friendly initiative, a mobile phone safety app was launched in Odisha, India to help women in distress, write «Women in the world».
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Discovery of bodies in smuggler’s camp in Thailand prompts UN call for joint action against people trafficking
On 6th of May the United Nations refugee agency today expressed its deep concern over the discovery of dozens of bodies in smugglers’ camps in Thailand, appealing for a regional effort to end human trafficking and protect those who escape difficult conditions from “the hands of ruthless smugglers”. Read More
REVIEW: Awareness Rising in Armenia on 13th UN Crime Congress
As you know, The 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice was held from 12 to 19 April 2015, in Doha, Qatar, bringing together governments, policy-makers and experts to share their experiences and intensify international cooperation in tackling the threat of transnational organized crime. Read More
Considerations When Interviewing Trafficking Victim/Survivors
Interviews with victims or survivors of human trafficking are an especially salient way to gain information on a first-hand basis to help inform policy and social service provision. Interviews also pose critical ethical considerations related to the interviewee’s agency Read More
13th Crime Congress (Doha, 2015), High level segment, 5th Plenary Meeting
Statement by H.E. Mr. Ashot Hovakimyan,
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia at the 13th United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Congress Read More
13th UN Crime Congress closes with vow to implement Doha Declaration for crime’s victims
On 19th of April, 2015, in closing the 13th Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Doha yesterday, UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov said that the event had set a very high bar for the future, and that the key task now was to turn the Congress’s Declaration into action. Read More