Decriminalization Archives - FreedomUnited.org

Home / Decriminalization

Global See more from Global See more See less from Global See less

Not about politics but basic fairness employment agency backs California Bill

Thursday August 21, 2025

It’s about “basic fairness”: employment agency backs California Bill

Mediterranean migration

Tuesday August 19, 2025

No rescue, no rights: the human cost of the EU-Libya pact

sex work is work sign held up at a march

Tuesday August 19, 2025

South African court case could mark the end of sex work criminalization

worker putting out a forest fire

Tuesday August 19, 2025

Smoke, fire, and exploitation: how climate change fuels modern slavery

Hallway of a prison

Wednesday August 13, 2025

Pre-trial detainees forced to work in California

Young soccer players huddled with their coach

Wednesday August 13, 2025

Protecting children and young athletes from trafficking

Labor and sex trafficking operation involving minors uncovered in Omaha

Tuesday August 12, 2025

Sexual exploitation and labor trafficking operation uncovered in Omaha

North Korean laborers sent to work in Russia “in a prison without bars”

Tuesday August 12, 2025

North Korean laborers sent to work in Russia “in a prison without bars”

She survived a child marriage, now she’s fighting to end it

Monday August 11, 2025

She survived a child marriage, now she’s fighting to end them for good

Tomb stone with a red rose resting on it

Saturday August 9, 2025

Nepal’s migration ban costing women their lives

UK home office

Thursday August 7, 2025

Record number of trafficking survivors referred to UK system

Court case against Kmart sheds light on Australia’s lax modern slavery laws

Tuesday August 5, 2025

Court case against Kmart sheds light on Australia’s lax modern slavery laws

From Europe See more from Europe See more See less from Europe See less

North Korean laborers sent to work in Russia “in a prison without bars”

Tuesday August 12, 2025

North Korean laborers sent to work in Russia “in a prison without bars”

Lax legislation in Britain may flood shelves with forced labor

Thursday July 24, 2025

Lax legislation in Britain may fill shelves with forced labor

UK ramps up hostile immigration policies as migrant groups sound alarm

Thursday July 24, 2025

UK ramps up hostile immigration policies as migrant groups sound alarm

Why anti-trafficking organizations have not abandoned the rescue model

Tuesday July 15, 2025

Moving on from the “victim” trope

From Africa See more from Africa See more See less from Africa See less

Mediterranean migration

Tuesday August 19, 2025

No rescue, no rights: the human cost of the EU-Libya pact

Ghanian soccer players trafficking victims released

Tuesday July 1, 2025

Ghanian trafficking victims released, but what’s to stop it from happening again?

Abducted and missing: Mozambique’s children trapped by conflict

Tuesday June 24, 2025

Abducted and missing: Mozambique’s children trapped by conflict

Young girl forced into marriage failed by authorities

Tuesday June 10, 2025

Nigeria’s girl survivors of Boko Haram still left behind

From Asia See more from Asia See more See less from Asia See less

sex work is work sign held up at a march

Tuesday August 19, 2025

South African court case could mark the end of sex work criminalization

She survived a child marriage, now she’s fighting to end it

Monday August 11, 2025

She survived a child marriage, now she’s fighting to end them for good

Tomb stone with a red rose resting on it

Saturday August 9, 2025

Nepal’s migration ban costing women their lives

Migrant workers rescue driver from sinkhole in Singapore

Monday August 4, 2025

Migrant workers save driver from sinkhole in Singapore—but who’s protecting them?

From North America See more from North America See more See less from North America See less

Not about politics but basic fairness employment agency backs California Bill

Thursday August 21, 2025

It’s about “basic fairness”: employment agency backs California Bill

worker putting out a forest fire

Tuesday August 19, 2025

Smoke, fire, and exploitation: how climate change fuels modern slavery

Hallway of a prison

Wednesday August 13, 2025

Pre-trial detainees forced to work in California

Labor and sex trafficking operation involving minors uncovered in Omaha

Tuesday August 12, 2025

Sexual exploitation and labor trafficking operation uncovered in Omaha

Brandie with the search and rescue volunteers for MMIW Search and Hope Alliance

Friday August 8, 2025

Beyond awareness: confronting the MMIP-trafficking nexus

Brooke Axtell as a child

Wednesday July 30, 2025

No child should endure what I endured

Children held captive and forced into sex in underground bunker in Alabama

Friday July 25, 2025

Child sex trafficking reveals the need for action

MHRDD petition hand in to 10 Downing St

Thursday June 19, 2025

“Exploitation is no picnic”: Delivering your ask for corporate accountability to the UK government

silhouette of woman looking out window

Tuesday May 27, 2025

Addressing modern slavery through the rescue model

A woman speaks into a microphone at a panel discussion in a formal meeting

Wednesday May 14, 2025

Europe’s Anti-Slavery Forum links economy to continued exploitation

World Book Day 2025

Thursday April 17, 2025

5 books to check out on World Book Day

Online panel event: Protecting rights, preventing harm: Rethinking laws to address sex trafficking

Tuesday March 11, 2025

Watch Freedom United’s webinar: Rethinking laws to address sex trafficking