Latest items for TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
March 21, 2025, 4:01 p.m.
Countries: Guyana
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Yesim Oruc, the U.N.’s resident country coordinator, said government agencies and nonprofits have increased training of teachers and law officials in Guyana about child-protective measures in recent years. But enforcement in remote communities remains difficult, she said. Spotty phone service in rural mining areas, for example, has limited the efficacy of hotlines that the government formed for victims to report sex trafficking and exploitation, according to the U.S. State Department" (para 19). "Children being lured into dangerous mining work and child prostitution in lawless mining regions are common in other countries in South America... But police and regulators in remote areas like Mahdia are often understaffed, leaving many of those...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Yesim Oruc, the U.N.’s resident country coordinator, said government agencies and nonprofits have increased training of teachers and law officials in Guyana about child-protective measures in recent years. But enforcement in remote communities remains difficult, she said. Spotty phone service in rural mining areas, for example, has limited the efficacy of hotlines that the government formed for victims to report sex trafficking and exploitation, according to the U.S. State Department" (para 19). "Children being lured into dangerous mining work and child prostitution in lawless mining regions are common in other countries in South America... But police and regulators in remote areas like Mahdia are often understaffed, leaving many of those...more
March 19, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Women who have escaped from trafficking have been convicted on charges of prostitution, which is illegal under Iraqi law, or for other offences such as possession of forged documents… Many victims of trafficking who are serving prison sentences prefer to stay in prison past their sentences than to leave and risk being trafficked again or punished by their families" (6).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Women who have escaped from trafficking have been convicted on charges of prostitution, which is illegal under Iraqi law, or for other offences such as possession of forged documents… Many victims of trafficking who are serving prison sentences prefer to stay in prison past their sentences than to leave and risk being trafficked again or punished by their families" (6).
March 15, 2025, 11:45 a.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee takes note of the draft amendment to Law No. 164 of 2011 on the fight against trafficking in human beings, which provides for penalties, the creation of a national commission to combat human trafficking, and victim assistance and protection. It notes the strategy to combat human trafficking and sexual assault, the emergency number to receive complaints and the cooperation established with civil society organizations in providing services and protection to victims of trafficking in shelters" (8).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee takes note of the draft amendment to Law No. 164 of 2011 on the fight against trafficking in human beings, which provides for penalties, the creation of a national commission to combat human trafficking, and victim assistance and protection. It notes the strategy to combat human trafficking and sexual assault, the emergency number to receive complaints and the cooperation established with civil society organizations in providing services and protection to victims of trafficking in shelters" (8).
March 14, 2025, 8:49 p.m.
Countries: Thailand
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Three Thai women have been rescued after being lured into a human-egg harvesting scheme operated by Chinese gangsters in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. The effort to free them was prompted by Pavena Hongsakula, founder of the Pavena Foundation for Children and Women. Ms Pavena said she learned about it from another woman victim who had been released and returned to Thailand in September only after paying the gang about 70,000 baht. The victim told Ms Pavena other Thais were still trapped at the human-egg farm because they had no money to pay for their freedom" (para 1-4). "Speaking to media by a livestream on the foundation's Facebook page...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Three Thai women have been rescued after being lured into a human-egg harvesting scheme operated by Chinese gangsters in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. The effort to free them was prompted by Pavena Hongsakula, founder of the Pavena Foundation for Children and Women. Ms Pavena said she learned about it from another woman victim who had been released and returned to Thailand in September only after paying the gang about 70,000 baht. The victim told Ms Pavena other Thais were still trapped at the human-egg farm because they had no money to pay for their freedom" (para 1-4). "Speaking to media by a livestream on the foundation's Facebook page...more
March 14, 2025, 8:48 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Three Thai women have been rescued after being lured into a human-egg harvesting scheme operated by Chinese gangsters in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. The effort to free them was prompted by Pavena Hongsakula, founder of the Pavena Foundation for Children and Women. Ms Pavena said she learned about it from another woman victim who had been released and returned to Thailand in September only after paying the gang about 70,000 baht. The victim told Ms Pavena other Thais were still trapped at the human-egg farm because they had no money to pay for their freedom" (para 1-4). "Speaking to media by a livestream on the foundation's Facebook page...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Three Thai women have been rescued after being lured into a human-egg harvesting scheme operated by Chinese gangsters in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. The effort to free them was prompted by Pavena Hongsakula, founder of the Pavena Foundation for Children and Women. Ms Pavena said she learned about it from another woman victim who had been released and returned to Thailand in September only after paying the gang about 70,000 baht. The victim told Ms Pavena other Thais were still trapped at the human-egg farm because they had no money to pay for their freedom" (para 1-4). "Speaking to media by a livestream on the foundation's Facebook page...more
March 14, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Public Prosecution Service includes a Division for the Protection of Women which currently has: (a) 72 offices throughout the country, four of which have national coverage: (1) Two specializing in the investigation of femicides and offences against the sexual freedom of women (Nos. 64 and 47); (2) One with broad competence (No. 82); and (3) One focused on combating the sale of women (No. 95)" (7). "The Public Prosecution Service, the Ministry of People’s Power for Internal Relations, Justice and Peace, and the Ombudsman’s Office have scheduled various workshops to improve prevention, focus broad attention and ensure criminal investigation of the crime of trafficking in persons. The workshops are...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Public Prosecution Service includes a Division for the Protection of Women which currently has: (a) 72 offices throughout the country, four of which have national coverage: (1) Two specializing in the investigation of femicides and offences against the sexual freedom of women (Nos. 64 and 47); (2) One with broad competence (No. 82); and (3) One focused on combating the sale of women (No. 95)" (7). "The Public Prosecution Service, the Ministry of People’s Power for Internal Relations, Justice and Peace, and the Ombudsman’s Office have scheduled various workshops to improve prevention, focus broad attention and ensure criminal investigation of the crime of trafficking in persons. The workshops are...more
March 11, 2025, 9:03 p.m.
Countries: Oman
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"[A]nother woman, 23-year-old Aida Chiwalo, returned home in a coffin. There was no autopsy or investigation done in Oman after her death. Oman's authorities said the labour ministry had not received any complaints from domestic workers of Malawian nationality in 2022 and only one complaint in 2023 that had been settled. 'The majority of these women have been released because money has been paid to the employer, from $1,000 to $2,000,' says Ms Sivolobova. 'So basically, their freedom had to be bought'" (para 39-41). "Georgina testified against the agents who took her to Oman but after two years there has been no convictions" (para 48).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"[A]nother woman, 23-year-old Aida Chiwalo, returned home in a coffin. There was no autopsy or investigation done in Oman after her death. Oman's authorities said the labour ministry had not received any complaints from domestic workers of Malawian nationality in 2022 and only one complaint in 2023 that had been settled. 'The majority of these women have been released because money has been paid to the employer, from $1,000 to $2,000,' says Ms Sivolobova. 'So basically, their freedom had to be bought'" (para 39-41). "Georgina testified against the agents who took her to Oman but after two years there has been no convictions" (para 48).
March 11, 2025, 9:03 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Thousands of miles away in the US state of New Hampshire, 38-year-old Malawian social media activist Pililani Mombe Nyoni saw her message and began to investigate. She got in touch and got the Facebook post removed for Georgina's safety and passed on her own WhatsApp number, which began to circulate in Oman. She soon realised it was a wider problem. Georgina was the first victim. Then it was one girl, two girls, three girls,' she told the BBC. 'That's when I said, ''I am going to form a [WhatsApp] group because this looks like human trafficking.''' More than 50 Malawian women working in Oman ultimately joined the group" (para 12-16)....more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Thousands of miles away in the US state of New Hampshire, 38-year-old Malawian social media activist Pililani Mombe Nyoni saw her message and began to investigate. She got in touch and got the Facebook post removed for Georgina's safety and passed on her own WhatsApp number, which began to circulate in Oman. She soon realised it was a wider problem. Georgina was the first victim. Then it was one girl, two girls, three girls,' she told the BBC. 'That's when I said, ''I am going to form a [WhatsApp] group because this looks like human trafficking.''' More than 50 Malawian women working in Oman ultimately joined the group" (para 12-16)....more
March 10, 2025, 10:44 p.m.
Countries: Switzerland
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Despite the concerns raised in COB 28 and the recommendations given in COB 29 the situation regarding trafficking in women* and exploitation in prostitution has not improved noticeably since 2016" (Page 2). " In these cases, SEM will normally not conduct a thorough hearing, which will not allow the victim to expose the events experienced. There are cases in which victims of THB were not identified properly in the first stage of the asylum process and have thus received a negative decision or a dismissal of their application, without consideration of their being victims of THB" (Page 2). "Even if victims of trafficking in women are identified there are no...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Despite the concerns raised in COB 28 and the recommendations given in COB 29 the situation regarding trafficking in women* and exploitation in prostitution has not improved noticeably since 2016" (Page 2). " In these cases, SEM will normally not conduct a thorough hearing, which will not allow the victim to expose the events experienced. There are cases in which victims of THB were not identified properly in the first stage of the asylum process and have thus received a negative decision or a dismissal of their application, without consideration of their being victims of THB" (Page 2). "Even if victims of trafficking in women are identified there are no...more
March 5, 2025, 8:35 p.m.
Countries: Ecuador
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Secretariat for Human Rights has a network of services providing assistance to women victims of violence. The services follow a mixture of approaches, following the signature of specific agreements with women’s organizations: there are five shelters and 16 comprehensive care centres for women living in situations of violence. In 2019, the centres provided psychological, legal and social care for an average of 60,624 women; and 3,574 women and their children were placed in the shelters, in addition to those in continuous accommodation. Ecuador has 45 comprehensive protection services in 40 cantons in the country, which offer psychological, legal and social counselling. During 2019, the comprehensive protection services served a...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Secretariat for Human Rights has a network of services providing assistance to women victims of violence. The services follow a mixture of approaches, following the signature of specific agreements with women’s organizations: there are five shelters and 16 comprehensive care centres for women living in situations of violence. In 2019, the centres provided psychological, legal and social care for an average of 60,624 women; and 3,574 women and their children were placed in the shelters, in addition to those in continuous accommodation. Ecuador has 45 comprehensive protection services in 40 cantons in the country, which offer psychological, legal and social counselling. During 2019, the comprehensive protection services served a...more
March 4, 2025, 8:52 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"They coach recruits to tell immigration officials, who are sometimes aware of what is happening or simply don’t care enough to carry out proper scrutiny, that they are crossing the border to go to the nearby market in Cotonou, an auxiliary port for Nigeria" (para 11).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"They coach recruits to tell immigration officials, who are sometimes aware of what is happening or simply don’t care enough to carry out proper scrutiny, that they are crossing the border to go to the nearby market in Cotonou, an auxiliary port for Nigeria" (para 11).
March 4, 2025, 8:52 p.m.
Countries: Cote D'Ivoire
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Ivory Coast has a law criminalising trafficking, but it is barely enforced, and the country has been criticised by the US state department for its failure to tackle the problem. The escadron, a notorious Ivorian police unit, has burned down some of the settlements where traffickers operate, but new ones keep springing up, partly because security personnel who come into the jungle allegedly demand weekly bribes of 1,000-2,000 CFA for each trafficked girl" (para 20-21).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Ivory Coast has a law criminalising trafficking, but it is barely enforced, and the country has been criticised by the US state department for its failure to tackle the problem. The escadron, a notorious Ivorian police unit, has burned down some of the settlements where traffickers operate, but new ones keep springing up, partly because security personnel who come into the jungle allegedly demand weekly bribes of 1,000-2,000 CFA for each trafficked girl" (para 20-21).
March 3, 2025, 9:03 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Action Plan for Combating Trafficking in Persons (2021–2030), focused on preventing fraudulent adoption, combating cyber-facilitated trafficking crimes and improving labour recruitment procedures, with an emphasis on women and girls, in 2021" (Page 2). "Reports of organized criminal groups subjecting Chinese and foreign women and girls to forced labour in domestic service, forced concubinage and forced childbearing and sex trafficking within and to the State party, luring victims with fraudulent job offers or forced and fraudulent marriage" (Page 8). "The Committee notes with concern that the State party is a country of destination for trafficking in women and girls from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for purposes of sexual...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Action Plan for Combating Trafficking in Persons (2021–2030), focused on preventing fraudulent adoption, combating cyber-facilitated trafficking crimes and improving labour recruitment procedures, with an emphasis on women and girls, in 2021" (Page 2). "Reports of organized criminal groups subjecting Chinese and foreign women and girls to forced labour in domestic service, forced concubinage and forced childbearing and sex trafficking within and to the State party, luring victims with fraudulent job offers or forced and fraudulent marriage" (Page 8). "The Committee notes with concern that the State party is a country of destination for trafficking in women and girls from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for purposes of sexual...more
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:27 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Strengthening of mechanisms for preventing and addressing gender-based violence… Establishment of the Inter-Agency Committee to Combat Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants (through Decree No. 575-07)" (10). "The Inter-Agency Committee for the Protection of Migrant Women is responsible for developing plans to strengthen governmental and non-governmental action for the protection of Dominican migrant women, especially those who are trafficked to other countries for sexual exploitation. The Committee comprises the Ministry of Women, which coordinates it, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Tourism and Labour, the Directorate General for Migration, the Directorate General for Multilateral Cooperation, the Programme for the Prevention of Drug Abuse, the Oblate Sisters of the Most...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Strengthening of mechanisms for preventing and addressing gender-based violence… Establishment of the Inter-Agency Committee to Combat Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants (through Decree No. 575-07)" (10). "The Inter-Agency Committee for the Protection of Migrant Women is responsible for developing plans to strengthen governmental and non-governmental action for the protection of Dominican migrant women, especially those who are trafficked to other countries for sexual exploitation. The Committee comprises the Ministry of Women, which coordinates it, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Tourism and Labour, the Directorate General for Migration, the Directorate General for Multilateral Cooperation, the Programme for the Prevention of Drug Abuse, the Oblate Sisters of the Most...more
Feb. 11, 2025, 9:54 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Human Rights Watch and other organizations documented a system of organized rape, sexual slavery, and forced marriage by Islamic State (also known as ISIS) forces of Yezidi women and girls. However, in our research we found no case where an ISIS member has been prosecuted or convicted for those specific crimes. Moreover, the crimes committed against Yezidi women and girls amount to war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity or genocide against the Yezidis. However, Iraq does not criminalize war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide. ISIS suspects are instead charged with violating provision 4 of the counterterrorism law, primarily for ISIS membership, support, sympathy, or assistance. However, this approach...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Human Rights Watch and other organizations documented a system of organized rape, sexual slavery, and forced marriage by Islamic State (also known as ISIS) forces of Yezidi women and girls. However, in our research we found no case where an ISIS member has been prosecuted or convicted for those specific crimes. Moreover, the crimes committed against Yezidi women and girls amount to war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity or genocide against the Yezidis. However, Iraq does not criminalize war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide. ISIS suspects are instead charged with violating provision 4 of the counterterrorism law, primarily for ISIS membership, support, sympathy, or assistance. However, this approach...more
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:27 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with appreciation the efforts of the State party to raise awareness on combating trafficking, including through the dissemination of information on legal provisions for the protection of victims of trafficking in persons to legal officials, awareness-raising campaigns and training programmes for judges, judicial staff, the police, and staff of the General Directorate for National Security on identifying and assisting victims of trafficking. The Committee remains concerned, however, that there is insufficient protection for victims of trafficking, including the availability of specific shelters for victims of trafficking. The Committee also notes with concern the lack of information on the identification and registration of migrant victims, specifically women and...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with appreciation the efforts of the State party to raise awareness on combating trafficking, including through the dissemination of information on legal provisions for the protection of victims of trafficking in persons to legal officials, awareness-raising campaigns and training programmes for judges, judicial staff, the police, and staff of the General Directorate for National Security on identifying and assisting victims of trafficking. The Committee remains concerned, however, that there is insufficient protection for victims of trafficking, including the availability of specific shelters for victims of trafficking. The Committee also notes with concern the lack of information on the identification and registration of migrant victims, specifically women and...more
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:05 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In order to support the rights of victims of human trafficking and facilitate their access to judicial protection, women and children’s care units created by the courts take in victims and send them to care units at medical facilities for treatment and documentation of medical evidence. Where needed, they are provided with escorts and put in touch with counselling centres or shelters" (12). "With regard to paragraphs 23 and 45 of the Concluding Observations, Morocco adopted a national strategy to combat human trafficking in 2007 and has taken legal and practical measures to punish perpetrators and protect victims. In 2011, it ratified the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In order to support the rights of victims of human trafficking and facilitate their access to judicial protection, women and children’s care units created by the courts take in victims and send them to care units at medical facilities for treatment and documentation of medical evidence. Where needed, they are provided with escorts and put in touch with counselling centres or shelters" (12). "With regard to paragraphs 23 and 45 of the Concluding Observations, Morocco adopted a national strategy to combat human trafficking in 2007 and has taken legal and practical measures to punish perpetrators and protect victims. In 2011, it ratified the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking...more
Feb. 4, 2025, 1:56 p.m.
Countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Vietnam
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1
"Reports have found that bride trafficking occurs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Vietnam and that the number of women and girls being trafficked is growing. The trafficked women and girls are often ethnic or religious minorities, from impoverished communities, or, in the case of North Korea, fleeing abusive governments. Violence against women and girls is often a low priority for governments and all the affected countries have complicated relationships with China. Consequentially, their governments often show little concern about the fate of women and girls trafficked to China. However, there has been growing attention to bride trafficking in the media, and governments of the home...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1
"Reports have found that bride trafficking occurs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Vietnam and that the number of women and girls being trafficked is growing. The trafficked women and girls are often ethnic or religious minorities, from impoverished communities, or, in the case of North Korea, fleeing abusive governments. Violence against women and girls is often a low priority for governments and all the affected countries have complicated relationships with China. Consequentially, their governments often show little concern about the fate of women and girls trafficked to China. However, there has been growing attention to bride trafficking in the media, and governments of the home...more
Feb. 4, 2025, 1:53 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1
"Human Rights Watch has documented bride trafficking in Myanmar, where each year hundreds of women and girls are deceived through false promises of employment into traveling to China, only to be sold to Chinese families as brides and forced into sexual slavery, often for years. Most were pressured to become pregnant as quickly as possible; some were compelled to undergo forced fertility treatment. Those with children who were lucky enough to escape could usually only do so by leaving their children behind. Several of the interviewed women had been trafficked multiple times. Reports have found that bride trafficking occurs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Vietnam...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-DATA-1, MARR-PRACTICE-1
"Human Rights Watch has documented bride trafficking in Myanmar, where each year hundreds of women and girls are deceived through false promises of employment into traveling to China, only to be sold to Chinese families as brides and forced into sexual slavery, often for years. Most were pressured to become pregnant as quickly as possible; some were compelled to undergo forced fertility treatment. Those with children who were lucky enough to escape could usually only do so by leaving their children behind. Several of the interviewed women had been trafficked multiple times. Reports have found that bride trafficking occurs in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, and Vietnam...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In June 2019, the Ministry of Public Security, China’s police, said that it rescued 1,100 Southeast Asian female trafficking victims and arrested 1,322 suspects, including 262 foreigners, in the previous year. The Chinese government also seems to be promoting propaganda about bride trafficking to improve its global image. Human Rights Watch met an activist from Myanmar who had participated in a Chinese study tour for women’s rights groups. During one session, an activist recalls a professor explaining that trafficking was not the problem but that 'Myanmar women don’t know Chinese culture. Once they learn Chinese language and culture, their marriages are fine.' Participants were told to, 'Tell your government the...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"In June 2019, the Ministry of Public Security, China’s police, said that it rescued 1,100 Southeast Asian female trafficking victims and arrested 1,322 suspects, including 262 foreigners, in the previous year. The Chinese government also seems to be promoting propaganda about bride trafficking to improve its global image. Human Rights Watch met an activist from Myanmar who had participated in a Chinese study tour for women’s rights groups. During one session, an activist recalls a professor explaining that trafficking was not the problem but that 'Myanmar women don’t know Chinese culture. Once they learn Chinese language and culture, their marriages are fine.' Participants were told to, 'Tell your government the...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and promoting gender equality, such as the adoption and establishment of the following... (b) Strategic Plan against Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking in Persons (2016–2022)" (2). "The Committee notes with concern: (a) That the State party has failed to adopt comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation in line with international standards, although it is a source, transit and destination country for trafficking in women and girls, and the lack of statistical data on the extent of trafficking and its root causes, including in humanitarian settings... (c) The underreporting of and...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and promoting gender equality, such as the adoption and establishment of the following... (b) Strategic Plan against Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking in Persons (2016–2022)" (2). "The Committee notes with concern: (a) That the State party has failed to adopt comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation in line with international standards, although it is a source, transit and destination country for trafficking in women and girls, and the lack of statistical data on the extent of trafficking and its root causes, including in humanitarian settings... (c) The underreporting of and...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 4:08 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The government routinely denies or otherwise downplays the existence of slavery in Mauritania" (5).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The government routinely denies or otherwise downplays the existence of slavery in Mauritania" (5).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes the national policy against human trafficking (2020–2030) of the National Coalition against the Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons, the national action plan against commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents (2022–2025) and the establishment of regional task forces to promote law enforcement coordination in trafficking cases" (6). "[T]he Committee notes with concern... (b) The reduction since 2020 in the funding of the National Fund against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants" (6-7).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes the national policy against human trafficking (2020–2030) of the National Coalition against the Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons, the national action plan against commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents (2022–2025) and the establishment of regional task forces to promote law enforcement coordination in trafficking cases" (6). "[T]he Committee notes with concern... (b) The reduction since 2020 in the funding of the National Fund against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants" (6-7).
Jan. 28, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Girasoles initiative, run by the Civic Centres for Peace programme of the Directorate for the Promotion of Peace and Civic Harmony, is aimed at young mothers and socially vulnerable young women who are not in education or employment, and is intended to prevent forms of violence such as trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. The initiative is based on a model developed by the Paniamor Foundation with funds from the Embassy of the United States of America. The initiative is in the process of being rolled out" (5). "With regard to the recommendation that Costa Rica allocate resources to ensure that women and girls who are victims of trafficking receive...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"The Girasoles initiative, run by the Civic Centres for Peace programme of the Directorate for the Promotion of Peace and Civic Harmony, is aimed at young mothers and socially vulnerable young women who are not in education or employment, and is intended to prevent forms of violence such as trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. The initiative is based on a model developed by the Paniamor Foundation with funds from the Embassy of the United States of America. The initiative is in the process of being rolled out" (5). "With regard to the recommendation that Costa Rica allocate resources to ensure that women and girls who are victims of trafficking receive...more
Jan. 27, 2025, 9 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-LAW-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea. Mrs X said many of the women she was detained with had been deceived by brokers, and were targeted...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, TRAFF-LAW-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea. Mrs X said many of the women she was detained with had been deceived by brokers, and were targeted...more
Jan. 27, 2025, 8:38 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-LAW-3
"Escaped North Koreans returned to Kim's clutches face a living hell of rape and torture-induced miscarriages, where newborns are murdered and the elderly beaten to death" (Para 1). "Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-LAW-3
"Escaped North Koreans returned to Kim's clutches face a living hell of rape and torture-induced miscarriages, where newborns are murdered and the elderly beaten to death" (Para 1). "Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional...more
Jan. 16, 2025, 10:50 a.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Regarding paragraph 13 (f), on awareness-raising campaigns to inform women and girls about their rights, the following campaigns, conducted collectively between 2016 and 2019 by public institutions, aid agencies and civil society organizations, are highlighted: (a) I am a Woman and Living without Violence is my Right, for the prevention of human trafficking, domestic and intrafamily violence and femicide... (f) Against human trafficking: Score a Goal against Trafficking; Report Trafficking – the Only Option; and the Blue Heart Campaign" (12). "Regarding paragraph 25 (b) on comprehensive care provided to victims of trafficking, in the period from 2016 to 2020, the Commission identified 490 new victims (292 women and 152 girls)...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Regarding paragraph 13 (f), on awareness-raising campaigns to inform women and girls about their rights, the following campaigns, conducted collectively between 2016 and 2019 by public institutions, aid agencies and civil society organizations, are highlighted: (a) I am a Woman and Living without Violence is my Right, for the prevention of human trafficking, domestic and intrafamily violence and femicide... (f) Against human trafficking: Score a Goal against Trafficking; Report Trafficking – the Only Option; and the Blue Heart Campaign" (12). "Regarding paragraph 25 (b) on comprehensive care provided to victims of trafficking, in the period from 2016 to 2020, the Commission identified 490 new victims (292 women and 152 girls)...more
Jan. 10, 2025, 6:52 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Videos of Christy Gold’s 45th birthday party were posted in May last year on an Instagram account that showcases her glamorous lifestyle, months after Gold fled Nigeria, where she was facing sex trafficking charges. Gold – whose name appears in court records as Christiana Jacob Uadiale – was a ringleader in a criminal network that lured African women to Dubai and forced them into prostitution in brothels, backstreets, bars, hotels and dance clubs, according to six Nigerian government anti-trafficking officials, a British human rights activist who has tracked her operation and five women who say they were trafficked and exploited by her" (para 2-3). "Fatima Waziri-Azi, director general of Nigeria’s...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Videos of Christy Gold’s 45th birthday party were posted in May last year on an Instagram account that showcases her glamorous lifestyle, months after Gold fled Nigeria, where she was facing sex trafficking charges. Gold – whose name appears in court records as Christiana Jacob Uadiale – was a ringleader in a criminal network that lured African women to Dubai and forced them into prostitution in brothels, backstreets, bars, hotels and dance clubs, according to six Nigerian government anti-trafficking officials, a British human rights activist who has tracked her operation and five women who say they were trafficked and exploited by her" (para 2-3). "Fatima Waziri-Azi, director general of Nigeria’s...more
Jan. 10, 2025, 6:51 p.m.
Countries: United Arab Emirates
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Emirati authorities do little to protect these women, according to anti-trafficking activists, Nigerian authorities and interviews with trafficked women" (para 9). "The UAE made sex trafficking a crime in 2006 and has established an interagency anti-trafficking panel and opened shelters for survivors. The U.S. State Department said in 2022 that the UAE has made 'significant efforts' to combat human trafficking but still falls short in key areas – including failing to 'consistently screen vulnerable populations for trafficking indicators, which may have penalized some victims for unlawful acts traffickers compelled them to commit, such as immigration or ‘prostitution’ violations'" (para 25). "It was here, according to interviews and court statements, that...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Emirati authorities do little to protect these women, according to anti-trafficking activists, Nigerian authorities and interviews with trafficked women" (para 9). "The UAE made sex trafficking a crime in 2006 and has established an interagency anti-trafficking panel and opened shelters for survivors. The U.S. State Department said in 2022 that the UAE has made 'significant efforts' to combat human trafficking but still falls short in key areas – including failing to 'consistently screen vulnerable populations for trafficking indicators, which may have penalized some victims for unlawful acts traffickers compelled them to commit, such as immigration or ‘prostitution’ violations'" (para 25). "It was here, according to interviews and court statements, that...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Top independent human rights experts expressed alarm on Monday at a rise in abductions of girls as young as 13 in Pakistan, who are forced to marry and convert to Islam. In their appeal to the authorities to stop the alleged abuse, the experts warned that teenagers had been 'kidnapped from their families, trafficked … far from their homes (and) made to marry men sometimes twice their age'"(para 1-2). "The rights experts - who report to the Human Rights Council – cited reports suggesting the involvement of religious authorities and the complicity of security forces and the justice system; although they also acknowledged that Pakistan had already made efforts to...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1
"Top independent human rights experts expressed alarm on Monday at a rise in abductions of girls as young as 13 in Pakistan, who are forced to marry and convert to Islam. In their appeal to the authorities to stop the alleged abuse, the experts warned that teenagers had been 'kidnapped from their families, trafficked … far from their homes (and) made to marry men sometimes twice their age'"(para 1-2). "The rights experts - who report to the Human Rights Council – cited reports suggesting the involvement of religious authorities and the complicity of security forces and the justice system; although they also acknowledged that Pakistan had already made efforts to...more