The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Ms. Urmila Bhoola, and other human rights experts have spoken [...]
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UN: Half of Child Trafficking Cases Linked to Family
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that nearly half of child trafficking cases globally are linked to their own [...]
UN Develops Guide for Cabin Crews to Spot Trafficking
The United Nations’ human rights office and civil aviation agency are putting the final touches on new guidelines that could help [...]
UN Condemns Ghastly Conditions in Libya Detention Centers
The UN has condemned “ghastly conditions” in which migrants and refugees are being held in Libyan detention centers. A [...]
U.N.: governments must do more to fight pandemic-linked exploitation
In a joint statement ahead of the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, a group of United Nations gave the latest warning [...]
UN Security Council Wants Migrant Smuggling Stopped
Acting to help “save the threatened lives of migrants or of victims of human trafficking” and to disrupt criminal enterprises operating [...]
United Nations Approves Investigative Team
Today the United Nations Security Council approved the establishment of an investigation team that will support Iraq’s efforts to hold [...]
Mining Billionaire Takes His Fight to the United Nations
It is not unusual for Andrew Forrest, an Australian billionaire, to confront people with an ugly comment: “You may be a [...]